Road tolls could see hauliers charge for certain journeys
Date: 12 May 2008
The Commission for Integrated Transport is reportedly planning to introduce tolls for road users depending on the time and location of their journeys – a move which could impact on haulage companies.
According to the Edinburgh News, drivers would have free access to country lanes, but face higher charges if they wanted to use busy city streets or motorways at rush hour, which could especially affect hauliers.
A maximum toll of £1.40 per mile is being considered, but the officials behind the scheme think that it could actually see road users paying less as license disc charges would be abolished and fuel duty lowered.
The commission's chairman, Professor David Begg, told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme: "The £1.40 figure would apply to 0.5 per cent of all the roads in Britain. A great number of road users would pay less. The big prize is that you slash congestion in urban areas by half and cut congestion on motorways by one-third."
Meanwhile, it was recently reported that haulage drivers in Europe could soon find themselves paying a toll for pollution, traffic congestion and noise, if new proposals are given the go-ahead.
The European Union is proposing that heavy goods vehicle drivers are fined for the environmental damage their freight trucks cause.
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