Letters / Don’t charge Bluemull Sound ferries
Please don’t charge for Bluemull Sound ferries as it will ruin local commerce!
Workers who use the ferries to get to work will lose a massive chunk of their wages to ferry fares.
Tourists won’t go to the north isles as much and people won’t go to see friends and family as much because due to all the austerity cuts they won’t be able to afford to!
I stay in Unst but I am a regular visitor to Yell and Fetlar because it is free.
I go to Yell at least three times a week to visit the Old Haa, buy my petrol and other things from Aywick Stores and spend quite a bit of money in each place supporting local businesses and jobs.
If I had to pay for ferries then I wouldn’t be able to visit Yell and Fetlar as often, along with many other residents and tourists. The islands would lose valuable business in the community!!
Please don’t charge for Bluemull ferries. They are a vital lifeline for the north isles.
Thank you
Faith Clarke
(Shetland addict)
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