Bridge Documents
Here are many of the key documents regarding the Whitchurch Toll Bridge bridge. Further contributions to this library gratefully received. Please contact us.
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The Company:
Whitchurch Bridge Act 1792
Whitchurch Bridge Act 1988 (amending the 1792)
Transport Charges Act 1954 (section with procedures for raising tolls)
Toll Bridge Shareholders 2008
1992 Application:
List of Bridge Company Deposited Documents
The Inquiry Report (long so split into 7 sections):
pg1-4
pg5-10
pg11-15
pg16-20
pg21-25
pg26-30
pg31-34
Decision Letter 1992
2004/5 Application:
no Inquiry.
Decision Letter 2004/5
2008 Application:
Whitchurch Bridge Toll Application October 2008
Official Accounts:
1994
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
the company stopped filing accounts after 2005
see Toll Application 2008 (above) for 2008 accounts
Bridge Company Documents Submitted for the 2009 Public Inquiry
Note: These documents were originally posted on the Bridge Company’s web site however they were taken down by the day following the close of the Inquiry.
Timetable for the Public Inquiry
Statement of Reasons document, excluding appendices.
Appendices to the Statement of Reasons
| Appendix A | Summary of Statutory Liabilities and Responsibilities |
| Appendix B | Bridge Utility and the Community |
| Appendix C |
Communications |
| Appendix D | Operations Control |
| Appendix E | Bridge Maintenance Management |
| Appendix F | Bridge Risk Assessment |
| Appendix G | Bridge Reconstruction Project Management |
| Appendix H | Bridge Reconstruction Cost Estimates |
| Appendix J | General Arrangement of Bridge - Present & Proposed |
| Appendix L | Financial Management and the Business Planning Model |
| Appendix M | Investment Management and Management of the Reserve Fund |
| Appendix N | Dividend Policy and A Reasonable Return on Investment |
List of documents:
| Document 1 | Toll Application dated 31st October 2008 |
| Document 2 | Public Notices of the Toll Application and Public Inquiry |
| Document 3 | Whitchurch Bridge Act 1792 (transcript) |
| Document 4 | Whitchurch Bridge Act 1988 |
| Document 5 | Transport Charges Etc (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1954 |
| Document 6 | Bridge Special Inspection Report March 2008 |
| Document 7 | Toll Application dated 1st July 2004 |
Witness Statements on behalf of the Company:
| Statement 1 | Mr G. R.Weir |
| Statement 2 | Mr M. J. Brain |
| Statement 3 | Mr M. J. Beckley |
Written Witness Statements on behalf of the Objectors:
| TollFreeze Statement to the Inquiry | Mr Colin Cooper |
Document Submitted During the Inquiry:
Spreadsheet of all the workings used to value the bridge, the shares and income of the bridge company. Shows the WBC’s own projections until 2030. The WBC objected to this document’s use as evidence probably because they did not intend to publish it. However, it was accepted by the Inspector at the inquiry because it was already in the public domain.
Public Undertaking by the Whitchurch Bridge Company
The Company has given an Undertaking that the discounted Toll for Bridge Card users will not exceed 20p before 1st January 2013, and will not exceed 30p thereafter unless and until another Toll Application is approved.
Audio Recordings of the Whole Public Inquiry
Below are MP3 recordings of the whole Public Inquiry. They are 99% intelligible. Note that some of these files are quite large. All the files add up to 472MB
Part 01, Day 1, Introduction Dr M Heyes ( 28MB)
Part 02, Day 1, Opening Statement William Hicks QC ( 46MB)
Part 03, Day 1, Witness Statement Geoff Weir ( 26MB)
Part 04, Day 1, Cross Examination Geoff Weir ( 20MB)
Part 05, Day 1, Witness Statement Martin Brain ( 54MB)
Part 06, Day 1, Cross Examination Martin Brain pt1 ( 15MB)
Part 07, Day 1, Cross Examination Martin Brain pt2 ( 43MB)
Part 08, Day 1, Witness Statement Michael Beckley pt1 ( 43MB)
Part 09, Day 1, Objector Statement Mike Scott (4.2MB)
Part 10, Day 1, Cross Examination Mike Scott (1.9MB)
Part 11, Day 1, Witness Statement Michael Beckley pt2 ( 48MB)
Part 12, Day 2, Introduction Dr M Heyes (2.7MB)
Part 13, Day 2, Witness Statement Michael Beckley pt3 (4.7MB)
Part 14, Day 2, Cross Examination Michael Beckley pt1 ( 26MB)
Part 15, Day 2, Cross Examination Michael Beckley pt2 ( 34MB)
Part 16, Day 2, Cross Examination Michael Beckley pt3 (668KB)
Part 17, Day 2, Objector Statement Pearl Slatter (4.3MB)
Part 18, Day 2, Cross Examination Pearl Slatter (744KB)
Part 19, Day 2, Objector Statement Vincent Aldridge ( 22MB)
Part 20, Day 2, Cross Examination Vincent Aldridge (6.1MB)
Part 21, Day 2, Objector Statement Peter Dragonetti (4.3MB)
Part 22, Day 2, Objector Statement Elizabeth White (2.6MB)
Part 23, Day 2, Cross Examination Elizabeth White (932KB)
Part 24, Day 2, Objector Statement Colin Cooper (9.1MB)
Part 25, Day 2, Cross Examination Colin Cooper (3.9MB)
Part 26, Day 2, Objector Statement Graham Morfey (9.5MB)
Part 27, Day 2, Cross Examination Graham Morfey (7.6MB)
Part 28, Day 2, Objector Statement Owen South (2.3MB)
Part 29, Day 2, Cross Examination Owen South (2.6MB)
Part 30, Day 2, Closing Statement Mike Scott (1.4MB)
Part 31, Day 2, Closing Statement Pearl Slatter (396KB)
Part 32, Day 2, Closing Statement Vincent Aldridge (444KB)
Part 33, Day 2, Closing Statement Colin Cooper (1.8MB)
Part 34, Day 2, Closing Statement Graham Morfey (944KB)
Part 35, Day 2, Closing Statement William Hicks QC (7.5MB)
Part 36, Day 2, Closing of Inquiry Dr M Heyes (1.8MB)