Toll,booth,booths,at,M4,Severn Bridge,crossing from England into Wales.Fee has been reduced in 2018,the tolls will be scrapped,on, December,17,2018.
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Tolls on the two Severn bridges that link England and Wales are to be scrapped before Christmas, the UK government has announced. From 17 December there will be no charges for cars and lorries driven between the south-west of England and Monmouthshire. The move has delighted many commuters and business owners on both sides of the bridges and is expected to cause house prices to rise in some areas. But there has also been concern that it will cause greater congestion, particularly around Bristol and Newport.Tolls on the original Severn crossing have been in place since 1966, and introduced on the second crossing, the Prince of Wales Bridge, when it was opened in 1996. The fee for a car crossing from the south-west of England into south Wales is £5.60 while for a HGV it is £16.70. Drivers travelling in the opposite direction do not pay. The tolls were reduced on New Year’s Day 2018 after the bridges were handed over to public ownership, but the UK government resisted calls to immediately abolish crossing fees.