UK drivers face more road tolls

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More UK roads should be subject to congestion charging, says an influential House of Commons committee.

A report from the Transport Select Committee criticises the Government for focusing on road building as a way to cut congestion, arguing instead that a radical change in policy is needed.

‘Congestion cannot be tackled simply by investing in more infrastructure,’ the report says. ‘Without wide-area road-user charging, the Government will not be able to escape the self-defeating cycle of building more roads, which encourages more car use, producing more congestion, leading to even more new roads.’

The Department for Transport said it would not be feasible to introduce wide-scale charging for the UK’s 22million cars before 2010.

Nationwide road-user charging for trucks is being planned by the DfT for 2006-2007, and will be used to see how the scheme can be extended to cars, a spokesman said.

A formal response from the DfT will be published in two months’ time.