Courier Business Stuff

I’m becoming more and more irritated by the insistence of the RHA that the country as a whole should help hauliers run their businesses profitably.

This article about the proposed M4 toll road demonstrates my point perfectly. It reports ‘warnings’ from the RHA that “plans for an M4 toll relief road would cripple haulage businesses delivering into Wales and seriously damage the economy”.

RHA regional director Mike Farmer is reported as suggesting that a private company builds the road and then the Government repays it back over a period of time, based on traffic counts on the new road, or “shadow tolling” as it’s known.

While the PFI shadow toll suggestion is certainly workable, it’s hardly a fair solution to the problem. The A55 extension across Anglesey is funded by just such a scheme, the 20 mile stretch of dual carriageway is expected to have cost every Welsh resident over £130 by the time the road’s been paid for in 2026. This is for a road which provides no benefit whatsoever to the vast majority of the Welsh population and is mainly used by foreign hauliers who pay nothing Read More…

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Dartford Crossing Tolls – Dartford Tunnel & Queen Elizabeth II Bridge (charged both ways)

Motorbikes FREE
Car £1.00
Goods Vehicles with no more than 2 axles £1.80 (£1.00 2200-0600)
Vehicles with more than 2 axles £2.90 (£1.00 2200-0600)
Vehicles towing trailers charged at twice their standard toll

Humber Bridge Tolls (charged both ways)

Motorbikes £1.20
Cars and Goods Vehicles up to 3500kg £2.70
Cars and Goods Vehicles up to 3500kg towing a trailer £4.90
Goods vehicles over 3500kg but under 7500kg £4.90

Mersey Tunnels Tolls – Queensway and Kingsway (charged both ways)

Solo Motorbikes FREE
Cars and Goods Vehicles up to 3500kg £1.40
Cars and Goods Vehicles up to 3500kg, towing a trailer £2.80
Goods vehicles over 3500kg, with 2 axles £2.80
Goods vehicles over 3500kg, with 3 axles £4.20
Goods vehicles over 3500kg, with 4 or more axles £5.60

M6 Toll (charged both ways)

Motorbikes £2.50 (£1.50 2300-0600)
Cars and Small Vans (less than 1.3m high above first axle) £4.50 (£3.50 2300-0600)
Cars and Small Vans (less than 1.3m high above first axle), towing a trailer £8.00 (£7.00 2300-0600)
All Vehicles over 1.3m high above the first axle £9.00 (£8.00 2300-0600)

Severn Bridge Tolls (charged westbound – into Wales only)

Motorbikes FREE
Cars £5.30
Goods Vehicles up to 3500kg  £10.60
Goods vehicles over 3500kg £15.90
No extra charge for trailers

Tamar Bridge Tolls (charged Eastbound only)

Motorbikes FREE
Cars and Goods Vehicles up to 3500kg, with 2 axles £1.00
Goods Vehicles over 3500kg, with 2 axles £2.50
Goods vehicles over 7500kg, with 3 axles £4.00
Goods vehicles over 7500kg, with 4 or more axles £5.50
Vehicles towing trailers charged at twice their standard toll

Tyne Tunnel Tolls (charged both ways)

Motorbikes 20p
Cars and Goods Vehicles up to 3500kg £1.20
Goods vehicles over 3500kg £1.50
No charge for trailers

London Congestion Charge

£8 per day to enter, or drive within, the Congestion Zone at any time between 0700 and 1800, Monday to Friday. Charged once per day only, no matter how many times you enter the zone. See http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/roadusers/congestioncharge/whereandwhen/

Erskine Bridge, Forth Bridge, Skye Bridge & Tay Bridge are now toll free.

There are numerous, cheaper, toll bridges and roads scattered around the country on minor roads. See http://www.theaa.com/allaboutcars/overseas/european_tolls_select.jsp for their location and the toll costs for a car.

 Compiled 17th July 2008. No responsibility taken for any errors.

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