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Government to abandon national road tolls?
15 October 2007
Abandoning plans for national road tolls would be a further indication of the Government's incoherent approach to tackling transport's contribution to climate change, Friends of the Earth said today. The Daily Telegraph reports today that ministers are to perform a U-turn by shelving national road pricing plans.
Friends of the Earth transport campaigner Tony Bosworth said
"Road pricing is needed to help cut transport's growing contribution to climate change as well as tackling congestion. Abandoning plans for a nationwide scheme would be yet another sign of the Government's dismal and incoherent approach to cutting Britain's carbon dioxide emissions. Road pricing should be part of the solution to our transport problems, alongside more investment in alternatives to the car, better land-use planning policies and tough standards for new car fuel efficiency."
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