Plans for tolls on British motorways are to be ruled out for the next 10 years, reports the BBC (11/7/00).
The UK Government`s Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions refused to confirm or deny newspaper reports that Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott had dropped plans for the scheme within his transport strategy.
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The strategy, due for publication next week, is intended to map out Britain`s public and private transport plans for the next century to combat the ever-increasing volume of traffic on UK roads.
Figures from the Commission for Integrated Transport show that by 2010, road congestion is set to grow by 65%. Motorway congestion is also set to increase by 268%, by the same date.
