Transport chiefs have been urged to scrap the Mersey Tunnel tolls.
Merseytravel, who regulate the gateway between Liverpool and Wirral, are due to put forward the recommendation that prices are frozen for the next 12 months.
But the Mersey Tunnel Users’ Association (MTUA) believe that transport bosses should scrap the fees, which are expected to yield a £13.2 million profit in the next financial year.
In a letter to the Combined Authority, chairman Dave Louden said: “We believe that any tolling is unfair and divides families, friends and businesses in our region.
“The situation is made worse by the authority continuing to profit from the Tunnels and we ask that you stop the profit taking and that you introduce concessions that will ease the tolls burden on all drivers.
“There could be a substantial reduction in all tolls and / or the Authority could reconsider some of the suggestions that we have made in the past.”
Last month, Metro Mayor hopeful Steve Rotheram pledged to bring down the tunnel tolls to £1 should he win the Liverpool City Region election in May.
Fees for the Kingsway and Queensway tunnels currently costs £1.70 for cash users and £1.20 for Fast Tag members per time.
“This year we are recommending a freeze in the cash toll for the fourth consecutive year and a freeze on the Fast Tag charge, which came down by 20p last year,” a Merseytravel spokesman told the Liverpool Echo.
“This is in addition to maintaining free travel through the tunnels on Christmas Day and free travel for liveried emergency service vehicles.
“In making recommendations on tolling levels each financial year, we take a number of factors into account including the authorised toll rate – what we should be charging under the Tunnels Act 2004, as well as the comparable cost of other cross river transport and economic/social factors.”