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Business Economic Impact of the Sakonnet Tolls Survey
1) Which of the following are concerns of yours regarding tolls on the Sakonnet River Bridge?
| q Loss of Business | q Loss of Customers | q Loss of Employees | q Economic Hardship |
2) Do you feel you will lose customers to neighboring competitors due to the Tolls?
| q YES | q NO |
3) How Frequently do you travel over the Sakonnet River Bridge? Please choose only 1 in each column.
| On Average | Daily Trips/wk | Weekly Trips/yr | Monthly Trips/yr |
| q Daily | q 1-2 | q1-2 | q1-2 |
| q Weekly | q 3-5 | q3-5 | q3-5 |
| q Monthly | q 6 or More | q6 or More | q6 or More |
4) Where is your destination when you and/or your employees cross the Sakonnet River Bridge?
| q Massachusetts | q Rhode Island | q Other |
5) How many employees do you employ from Massachusetts? ________
6) How Frequently do your employees travel over the Sakonnet River Bridge?
Please only choose 1 in each column
| On Average | Daily Trips | Weekly Trips | Monthly Trips |
| q Daily | q 1-2 | q1-2 | q1-2 |
| q Weekly | q 3-5 | q3-5 | q3-5 |
| q Monthly | q 6 or More | q6 or More | q6 or More |
7) Will you have to cover the increased travel costs of your employees?
| q YES | q NO | q Not Applicable |
8) Will you pass along the delivery/travel cost increases to your customers causing an increase in the price of your services or will you cover the increases thus causing a reduction of your businesses income?
| q Pass along cost to customers | q Cover the increases myself | q Not Applicable |
9) Financial Impact:
| A. Travel cost for Employer | Number of Trips (each way) per week _________ | X 8.00 MA_____or
X 1.60 RI ______ |
X 52 Weeks/Yr.or
X ____Wks/Yr. |
A. Total |
| B. Travel cost for Employee | Number of Trips (each way) per week _________ | X 8.00 MA_____or
X 1.60 RI ______ |
X 52 Weeks/Yr.or
X ____Wks/Yr. |
B. Total |
| C. Total Customers Lost Cost | Customers Lost_____________ | X Ave. Customer Fee ___________ |
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C. Total |
| D. Other financial impact specific to your type of business, delivery costs to you, delivery costs to customers, etc. |
D. Total |
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| E. Add up A+B+C+D= Total Yearly Financial Loss Due to the New Tolls on the Sakonnet River Bridge |
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TOTAL |
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Thank you for taking the time to fill out the STOP survey. As every business is different, please take the additional time to tell our legislators in your own words (on the following page) how this proposed toll will affect your business. All responses are being kept confidential but are tracked using a number system to ensure the validity of responses without reprisal to our responders.
First Name:_______________________________ Last Name:_______________________________________
Company/Organization:______________________________________________________________________
Street Address:________________________________________City:_________________________________
State:____________ Zip:_____________ Email:__________________________________________________
To Be Picked Up Please Contact:
STOP
PO Box 525
Tiverton, RI 02878
STOP
PO Box 525
Tiverton, RI 02878
As every business is different, please tell our legislators how this proposed toll will affect your business. Any other thoughts or suggestions are welcome.
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