Like you, I was a little sceptical about the figures. Wonder whether it was a ploy to get some extra publicity and a little bit of press work ( or am I just being cynical as usual )
1) Annual revenue from the crossing, year ending 31/03/13....£80,331,662.
2) Average usage...130,000 vehicles per day.
3) Average annual usage ( approx )....47,000,000
4) Average revenue from each vehicle...approx £1.70.
Agree...it should be and it was going to be, after initial construction costs were paid for, but certain powers to be decided that the revenue was too great to turn away. Now its risen, in stages from £1 ( for cars ) to £2.50 and that, despite making hundreds of people redundant and saving a...
No it won't....spoke to an independent traffic expert yesterday and he and fellow experts are predicting a rise in M25 traffic travelling west of between 22-28%.
Bearing in mind that some of the ' western ' sections ( around Heathrow/M4/M40 ) are the busiest in Europe, I suggest we are in for...