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The M6 Toll road is not the unqualified success that ministers would have us believe

30 July 2006
Gerald Kells: Campaign to Protect Rural England
Gerald Kells: Campaign to Protect Rural England

 

Government ministers have been quick to accentuate the positives in discussing the recently opened M6 Toll road in the West Midlands. In launching the consultation on plans for a tolled M6 Expressway through Staffordshire and Cheshire this summer, transport secretary Alistair Darling said the existing M6 Toll, which opened last December, had proved to be a success in reducing congestion (LTT 15 Jul). However, the data on the use of the M6 Toll merits close inspection.

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