Changes to the charges at Dartford Crossing.
The new Charging Order will start at 10pm on Saturday 15 November 2008. The Order includes a new Local Resident Scheme for Dartford and Thurrock Council residents. Other key changes are the removal of charges at night and for trailers. There will also be greater discounts for those using a pre-paid DART-tag.
For DART-tag and Local Resident scheme applications contact;
The Customer Centre (off the M25/A282 Junction 1a)
Crossing Offices
South Orbital Way
Dartford
Kent DA1 5PR
Will be open during November for registrations for these schemes:
Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6pm with a late night opening on Thursday until 7.30pm Saturdays 9 to 12 noon
Visit: dart-tag.co.uk
Call: 01322 280200
Email: admin@dart-tag.co.uk
is it just me that thinks that they should scrap the tolls completly on the bridge side, the hold ups it cause is daft. i can understand keeping a charge for the tunnel for escorts of hazerdous and some mainainance
euromat:
is it just me that thinks that they should scrap the tolls completly on the bridge side, the hold ups it cause is daft. i can understand keeping a charge for the tunnel for escorts of hazerdous and some mainainance
just my opinion
Bit like the Severn Bridge you mean, just charging one way? That causes quite a bit of resentment, and I’d guess the bridge costs about as much to maintain as the tunnel does, if not perhaps more. Agree about the holdups though; perhaps the encouragement towards more use of the tags might help.
euromat:
is it just me that thinks that they should scrap the tolls completly on the bridge side, the hold ups it cause is daft. i can understand keeping a charge for the tunnel for escorts of hazerdous and some mainainance
just my opinion
Bit like the Severn Bridge you mean, just charging one way? That causes quite a bit of resentment, and I’d guess the bridge costs about as much to maintain as the tunnel does, if not perhaps more. Agree about the holdups though; perhaps the encouragement towards more use of the tags might help.
i didnt make that a very good post!! i only meant scrapping the tolls on the bridge to ease the flow of traffic at least one way, i do think there needs to be control at the tunnel for the ■■■■■■ of hazardous, but at least get one side moving, them tolls cause so many hold ups, which also lead to accidents it seems (to me anyway!)
Fine if you’ve got to charge, then charge but like everyone else I reckon stopping the bridge traffic is unneccasary.
If they doubled the toll on the tunnel and scrapped it on the bridge they’d lose the overheads of manning the tolls. OK so a bit of traffic might go the other way round but that’d help to ease the traffic anyway.
Right:
Cash cost for bigger trucks is now £3.70 up from £2.90, Tag is up from £2.69 to £3.20, all vehicles free from 10pm to 6am, which is good news for all.
If you use the tunnel or bridge a lot, get a tag if you haven’t one already. Overnight drivers will gain most from this, presumably all lanes open and barriers up all night, both ways, should make life far easier.
allikat:
all lanes open and barriers up all night, both.
it wont work quite like that mate, just think of the accidents/people speeding through!!! the barriers will still be used as far as i’ve heard but there will be no charge. being based in tilbury and covering most of the south east i go though most days, it is going to be so much busier 5 to 6am were going to have to start even earlier to beat the que!!!
houndofhell:
Surely it was supposed to become free once it had been paid for out of the tolls. I wonder where all the money goes now?
i think there is a new crossing on the cards and also if it was free would there maintain it as there do now when the tolls pay if it was free the gov would have to foot the bill and i think that would be wrong
I’ll go back to what Limeyphil said Delboy. there is already a tax it’s called road tax. What’s wrong with the government footing the bill? We foot the bill every day with that little disc in the window. They can manage to find x billions of pounds to send in aid to one of the strongest economies in the world (the Chinese) so why the hell can’t they extend some of that aid to one of the most impoverished, cash starved minorities in the world. Us, the folk who keep Britain moving.
jammymutt:
They do need to charge in order to cover the running costs of the bridge im not sure what it is but they shouldnt be making a profit from it.
They should also stop charging at rush hour purely to let the traffic get through for at least one hour.
Sorry if someone has already pointed this out but I read it & the red mist descended
THERE IS A SMALL DISC IN THE WINDSCREEN THAT PAYS FOR THE UPKEEP OF THE ROADS
