Told the other day that the toll on the new Brum relief road was going to be £3 to use no matter how far you travelled on it.

Do you think these roads are the answer to Britains congestion. I dont.

I reckon ppl will use the roads same as before and pay the price.
Think its mad though the road is owned and run by overseas companies.

Chip.(who gets stung on the severn bridge a few times a week)

So long as they carry on building and maintaining "free" roads out of the billions that they make in car tax (of all descriptions), then i have no problem (other than normal environmental ones) with the building of toll roads.

Let the companies that want to run them take the risk as to whether they will be profitable of not!!

The road will definitely reduce congestion - either on the M6 (which gets really bad), or for those that pay pm the Toll one (or both!).

I live near the M6toll, and would probably pay the 3 quid (although the exact amount has not yet been decided - leaks are mearly testing the water (is that a pun or what!!) ) to get to the M6 North rather than the trek through Cannock.

However, if the profits are going abroad - i might change my mind!!

mb

They are going to use the money to build new motorway lanes for Refugees use only.

LOL @ Luke.

Why not let the gays, ethnics and of course ministers use them as well.

Chip.

I'd quite happily pay pretty much anything they want for a super motorway with no speed limits and a ban on anything that can't do 150mph! :cool:

Thats most scoobys out then.

Chip.

Exactly! :p :D

Thats a bit daft, wasnt the road supposed to relive congestion somewhere else, so if they charge on this road, wont the congestion there go back up :confused:

At busy times (e.g. 12:00 noon onwards on a Friday) it can take an hour to 90 minutes to get past Brum on the M6 - and that is without the roadwords that are currently in place with 40mph limits. [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

Even at the minimum wage, an hour of time will cost more than the suggested toll, so it makes sense to use the new road!

I wonder if the Police will have to pay the tolls :idea:

mb

Yup, hence as semi-local, I don't use the M6 through Brum other than between midnight and 5am. Heck, I've still been caught in traffic inside those hours! :rolleyes:

"between midnight and 5am"

What! Five hours to get past Brum? Things must be worse than i thought ;)

mb