Last few years there has been growing consensus that this is the only realistic longer-term solution to road congestion. It also has support from a number of pressure groups and think tanks - Institute of Economic Affairs.
2005 'Pay as you Drive' system - to be fully implemented by 2015:
- a charge of £1.30 for using the busiest roads at peak time
- lower charges of 2p in rural (and in some no change at all)
- 'Tax neutral'; replacing the current road taxation system with only around 15-20% paying more than usual
The governnment allocated £2.25m for local trials.
Confirmation that road pricing could reduce road congestion folliowed in the Eddington Report, 2006 - it said congestion could fall by as much as 20% by 2025.
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