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ARE MOTORISTS TAXED TO THE HILT?

Thursday July 17,2008


DRIVERS face having to pay motorway tolls to beat congestion despite already forking out £45billion a year in taxes, it has emerged.


Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly yesterday confirmed she is considering US-style tolls on designated motorway lanes to give drivers a quicker journey.

There were claims the toll lanes could cost as much as £5 a time but the Department for Transport said it had yet to consider what level they would be set at.


*** DO YOU THINK TOLLS ARE THE WAY FORWARD?

*** ARE MOTORISTS TAXED TO THE HILT?

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