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.

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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.

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British Airports 'could be paralysed by Olympic influx'

Planes full of passengers could be ‘left on runways’ as airports struggle to cope during the Olympic Games, senior MPs have warned.

The House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee said London Heathrow could become gridlocked, with planes forced to circle the airport and tourists made to queue at passport control for several hours.

In a leaked letter to Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt, MPs claim cuts to UK Border Agency staff and poor contingency plans could be a recipe for disaster during the London 2012 Games.

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