March 3, 2021 at 4:00 pm
This week’s edition of
The Orcadian is now in shops and is available online, here.
Also included is
The Peedie Orcadian, our newspaper for younger readers.
This week’s front-page shines a spotlight on the circumstances surrounding the ongoing wait for Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) to be introduced in Orkney.
First announced in 2017, it wasn’t long before implementation of the scheme ran into trouble.
Private ferry operator Pentland Ferries has spoken candidly on the issue for the first time, describing how full RET, which reduces ferry fares, was not offered in negotiations with the Scotitsh Government but a variant termed “Farebox” was.