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Paul, an essential part of my representation is the public Port Toll, somewhat equivalent to a road toll, a part of which would go to the local Councils. This would be totally separate from the DHB revenue.
In my representation, I stated that a percentage of this public Port revenue (Toll) would be kept by the Council(s) to invest in the Port if necessary, such as for a T2, the reason being, the Port would be a local asset once transferred - free of charge - to local Community ownership.
Let's hope the Government does not go ahead with their recent road toll proposal, as this would firstly only bring in peanuts, and secondly they'd all go to the State Treasury.
If they accept my proposal of a Port Toll, equivalent to a road toll, a part of this revenue would go to local Gov., and only a part to the Central Treasury.
This would put the Local Community in a position to finance the Port for future development, as well as having plenty of revenue for local regeneration in general.