I’ve not looked to see who qualifies for free crossings but from what a lot of guys I work with were saying they expected (or maybe hoped) for the cheap rates to be set according to a radius with Wigan qualifying. I only use it once a week in the summer and I’ll claim it back so it won’t hurt me but for anyone crossing both ways 5 days of the week and for businesses it’s going to make a difference.
As for the power station, I really don’t know what’s happening. Basically they’ve got the potential to stay generating for another 6 years but that depends on them getting the right amount of money. The argument last year saw SSE say they’d pull the plug and pay the penalties because it worked out cheaper than generating at a loss for the next 3 years but both sides shifted and life goes on. I’ll probably know by January if it’s got at least another year and if so what the specs are for the outages but it really is a year by year thing now until they finally close it.
As for the power station, I really don’t know what’s happening. Basically they’ve got the potential to stay generating for another 6 years but that depends on them getting the right amount of money. The argument last year saw SSE say they’d pull the plug and pay the penalties because it worked out cheaper than generating at a loss for the next 3 years but both sides shifted and life goes on. I’ll probably know by January if it’s got at least another year and if so what the specs are for the outages but it really is a year by year thing now until they finally close it.