Dartford Tolls – miseries of those in a hurry waiting to pay their one pound

On Friday, 25th April, Adam Holloway MP addressed supporters who backed his one-week toll free trial at the Dartford Tunnel as part of the Government’s consultation process on the Dartford Dart Tag scheme.

He asked the Secretary of State for Transport to implement a one-week toll free trial to measure the traffic, congestion and environmental impact by suspending the tolls.

Unfortunately, it was rejected. His view is that those who use the crossing think it would save time – those who have looked at maps of the crossing say it would not.

This is a rejection of local and regional opinion who support this initiative. It is also a rejection of the majority who believed that once the QE11 bridge was paid for, we would see an Axing of the Stealth Tax that is the toll levy.

Heaven only knows what personal miseries follow from people in a hurry - waiting to pay their one pound.

Those there included MPs Bob Neill, David Evennett, the Freight Trade Association and colleagues, Gary Johnson from Dartford and Jackie Doyle-Price from Thurrock.