The Department of Transport (DfT) has dismissed any suggestions of a secret trial for national road pricing after reports this week claimed that eight regions of the country had already been selected for pay-per-mile trials in 2010.
According to reports, 100 cars will be selected for the trial, in each of the eight areas, including Leeds, North Yorkshire, Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire, South-West London, Suffolk and Essex.
A satellite will track the vehicles' movements, with
drivers receiving a weekly or monthly bill depending on when and where they drive. A DfT spokeswoman told CM: "There is nothing happening and there is certainly not this level of detail."
However, she did confirm that the DfT had appointed four IT suppliers to use Global Positioning System (GPS) technology for work on proposals for local congestion charging schemes, including the current scheme in Manchester.
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