PORTS of Jersey fees at the Harbour and the Airport will rise by 11.1% from 1 January, it has been announced.
The rise is based on the framework set by the Jersey Competition Regulations Authority, which provides for an increase based on 1% above the September 2023 inflation rate.
Commercial fishers remain exempt from paying any increase in view of the pressures on the local fishing industry and price increases are not applied where pre-existing business arrangements are in place, Ports said.
Chief executive Matt Thomas accepted that for some customers the increase would be seen as “significant” but he added: “We are planning major capital investment at the Airport and Harbour, starting with improvements in freight and passenger facilities at Elizabeth Harbour. All Ports of Jersey’s profits are used to invest in the Island’s critical services and infrastructure, and in the next five years we will be investing more than £100 million.”
He added: “In setting this increase we have kept the future sustainability of the Island’s connectivity, and the resilience of the critical Airport and Harbour infrastructure, at the forefront of our thinking.”
Free parking for 30 minutes in the Airport’s long-stay car park is unaffected and the cost of parking in the short-stay area next to the arrivals terminal will remain £1 per 30 minutes.
Parking in the long-stay car park will increase from 90p to £1 per hour. Existing parking promotions will remain in place until the end of January.
