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Gizmo

Post subject: M6 toll increases

Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 19:42

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Just heard on the radio that the M6 toll charges are to go up AGAIN

£4 for a car and £11 for a truck.

That must be at least double the rate of inflation.

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antera309

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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 00:16

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Did they give a reason for the increase?

Not that I suppose they need one...

Traffic volumes too low = we need to charge each vehicle more to make the road pay for itself.

Traffic volumes too high = we are raising charges in order to reduce volumes.

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botach

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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 00:21

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Location: Treacletown ( just north of M6 J3),A MILE OR TWO PAST BEDROCK

Well on one program they did say they had a licence to print - or words to that effect :roll:

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PeterE

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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 00:38

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See here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staf ... 189898.stm

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Price rise for drivers on M6 Toll

The cost of driving on the UK's first privately funded motorway is to go up from the New Year.

Car drivers will have to pay £4, up from the current £2.50 to use the M6 Toll, which was built to cut congestion on the M6 though the West Midlands.

Lorry and van drivers face a rise from £7 to £11, which will come into force from 1 January 2007.

Tom Fanning, chief executive of Midland Expressway Limited, said it was the second increase since the road opened.

This is wrong, as the current cost for a car is £3.50.

And he's a :liar:

, as this will be the third price increase - it started at £2, then went up to £3, then to £3.50

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botach

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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 00:55

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There is a simple solution - stay on the M1 ---get to j24, take the A50 and join the M6 at J16.Bit longer, but no kudos fro Midland Expressway.

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dave the nutter

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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 23:18

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i believe that the first price was an intrductory offer ie a discount off standard, the idea was to get people to use the road, now i think they have realised that it isn't as popular as they thought it would be, just look at the northern end the M6 runs off from the toll yet the traffic stays on the M6, as such i suspect it is a cynical ploy to up the takings

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