A series of pilot road-pricing schemes moved forward yesterday when the Department for Transport awarded £3.17m in extra funding to local authorities to develop programmes of pay-as-you-go charging. Of the new "pump-priming" funds, £1.5m will go to Greater Manchester, £1m to Cambridgeshire and £675,000 to the West of England partnership covering Bristol, Bath and surrounding areas.
13:08, 16 Jan 2008
by Matthew Rees