The 'Le Crossing' company must've known I've been thinking about them lately. The southbound queues (that are becoming the norm) have taken me back to the mid nineties before the bridge was built and when it was not unusual for 5 and 10 mile tail backs.
You could sometimes see heavy traffic back to the M11 and a diversion through the Blackwall tunnel could save you a couple of hours.
Well those days are back - do we need another bridge?
I understood 'they' would scrap the charge altogether when the bridge was paid for and that it has been paid for many years now. Perhaps I'm mistaken?
They must have guilty conscience at 'Le Crossing' as they have taken a step in the right direction. No toll charges at night. Well done but it's too little too late.
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The M6 Toll has also been in my thoughts - 'the road to riches' for the shareholders and the 'road for riches' for the rest of us. £4.50 now for a car. Who would use this on a regular basis without a company expense account?
The biggest losers of course are the M5 northbound traffic. They don't have a choice of whether to pay for an empty road or not, they just have to muck in with the poor people on the M6.
Maybe one of the trade organisations could help?
John English has been trading for 20 years, mainly international work but more recently in the UK. He runs 4 Scania artic trucks, all unmarked white, and his drivers are all British drivers with around 20 years' experience.