Thursday, June 25, 2009
Road pricing 'killed off' by new Transport Secretary
Plans to introduce pay-as-you-drive charges on all motorists have been killed off by recently appointed Transport Secretary Lord Adonis.
Road charging has been on the Government's agenda for many years, but it will not be included in the Labour Party's manifesto in the run-up to the general election, which must be held in the next 12 months.
The plans were suspended after 1.8 million people signed a petition on the 10 Downing Street website calling for road pricing to be scrapped.
Lord Adonis has now said: "We definitely are not proceeding with national road charging in the next Parliament. I don't believe as Britain comes out of recession and motorists are feeling under pressure, that it is the time to put road charging on the agenda."
DATED: 25.06.09
FEED: AW
