Thursday 20 December 2007

Dartford Crossing

Part of a major European east-west route. Miles of queues on a regular basis.

Bridge and tunnel already paid for by the toll levied.

Time for the toll to be abolished or at the very least, suspension of toll collection if the queues create a wait time of more than 2 minutes.

Planners argue that removal of the toll would create more delays as traffic would increase. Possibly, but I think it would be like a local traffic light controlled roundabout, close to my home. It always has queues at peak times. The other morning the lights were out and - lo and behold - no queues.

Straight to the Jacques Barrot after Christmas with this one. Let's see how it fits with the European Commission 'Open roads for Europe' policy document.

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