Businessmen in Britain back Pay-As-You-Drive to avoid Congestion on Roads

Businessmen in Britain have backed a radical blueprint to put roads in the hands of private companies and allow them to charge drivers to use new toll lanes.

Photo: Alamy/Daily Mail

Ministers are drawing up plans that would allow firms to build, operate and maintain motorways and trunk roads.

It looks set to lead to the introduction of new toll roads and pay-as-you-drive ‘Lexus lanes’ to beat congestion.

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A CBI report says the UK economy is already losing up to £ 8 billion a year from congestion on the gridlocked road network and that could rise to £ 22 billion a year by 2025.

Read more: Daily Mail

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Ridiculous Olympics lanes making a farce of driving in London

Bizarre: Motorists travelling along Southampton Row in central London face just three options - and all are illegal. They can either travel in the bus lane, the Olympic lane or on the wrong side of the road [Photo: National Pictures / Daily Mail]

As this picture shows, motorists travelling along Southampton Row face three options  - and all are illegal.

They can either travel in the bus lane, the Olympic lane or on the wrong side of the road. 

Obviously no driver would want to travel on the wrong side of the road. But motorists caught travelling in either a bus lane or Olympic lane during operational hours face a £130 fine.

Read more about the confused Olympic Traffic arrangements: Daily Mail

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