[b]CHARGES FOR ROAD USERS [/b]

Controversial plans for the first nationwide road charging scheme are being unveiled today.

Transport Secretary Alastair Darling will announce the move to help beat congestion on England's roads.


He is also expected to reveal a number of road widening schemes.

These will include a £1.7bn project to turn the M25 into an eight-lane super highway.

Environmentalists have already expressed horror at the road building proposals.

They say large areas of countryside will be destroyed.

But road charging has won the backing of the Governement-funded Commission for Integrated Transport.

Earlier this week, it urged the Government to introduce the project throughout the country by 2015.

The Commission was also highly critical of the 10-year transport plan launched by John Prescott in December 2000.

It said the Deputy Prime Minister had promised more than he was able to deliver and called for a rethink.

There has been similar criticism from the Confederation for British Industry.

In a report it said average journey times on key routes had increased by 16% in the last four years.

It added they were set to grow by a similar amount by 2006.

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Oh that's good news then ............

Something to look forward to

Wonder if they'll do away with road tax

MsW Posted on Jul 9 2003, 04:14 PM
[quote]Wonder if they'll do away with road tax      [/quote]

If the drivers of Great Britain all protested then they would have to,
but as thats not going to happen becoz we take whatever this
government throw at us then we will all just put up with it.........

Moan,moan,moan,moan,moan.