Bedford Driving Lessons

The AA has called the Government’s hike to tolls at the Dartford Crossing an act of “highway robbery”. The Government has announced that the toll will increase from £1.50 for cars to £2 next year and then to £2.50 the following year. This increase comes despite a previous promise that tolls would be dropped when the crossing was paid for. Roads and drivers will remain vital to help stimulate economic recovery, the AA had warned prior to this week’s Comprehensive Spending Review. Yet capital expenditure on transport will see an 11% reduction. The AA had pointed out that 93% of passenger journeys and the vast bulk of freight are moved by road, but important schemes on the A47, A19, A21, A14 have been cut. There is still some concern that local council transport spending cuts of 28% in 4 years will hit road maintenance and road improvements. More