The Broads Authority (BA) has revealed plans to increase toll fees by an average of 5.9pc for most craft, as part of its annual review.

Diesel and petrol hire boats will see the biggest increase of nearly 10pc, but hired sailing boats and electric day boats will not face higher fees as part of a drive towards a more environmentally friendly Broads.

A yacht moored up in Hickling Broad (Image: Newsquest)

It follows a meeting of navigation committee members who called on the BA to find cuts and savings in its services rather than putting prices up to 12pc, which the authority says it needs to do to cover increasing costs.

If approved, the changes will mean a 48m2 hired motor boat will pay £2,114.40 a year to use the Broads, an increase of £93.10 on the previous year.

Private motor boats, meanwhile, will pay £743.28 - a rise of only £41.42.

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The proposed increases to toll fees in the Norfolk Broads (Image: Broads Authority)

John Packman, chief executive of the BA, has........

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