Freight haulage operators' anger over M6 toll increase
Date: 06 December 2007
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has criticised a decision by Midland Expressway to increase the rate that freight haulage professionals are charged to use the M6 from £8 to £9 on January 1st.
According to the FTA, the M6 Toll has never been many freight haulage operators' route of choice as a result of its pricing structure.
"Price increases on the M6 Toll are now an all-too-familiar annual event. The most frustrating thing is that this latest annual increase of 12.5 per cent is nowhere near in line with the Retail Price Index (RPI)," commented the FTA's Stephen Kelly.
"We remain perplexed and frustrated that the M6 Toll, which forms part of the country's strategic road network, is so under-utilised, whilst the M6 through Birmingham remains solid with traffic for long periods during the day."
He added that freight haulage professionals had anticipated before its opening that the M6 Toll would cost between £3 and £4 to use. He said that if this had been the case, the road "would have resulted in very considerable support".
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