Drivers travelling to Cannock's £115m Mill Green Designer Outlet Village will not have to pay M6 Toll fees
Drivers travelling to the £115 million Mill Green Designer Outlet Village in Cannock via the M6 Toll will have not have to pay a fee under new plans.
Talks are in progress to waive the usual cost of using the 27-mile motorway, with drivers paying upfront but having the cost refunded at Mill Green.
The 132-outlet site was given the final seal of approval by the Secretary of State for Local Government last week after 12 months in the planning process but aspects of the scheme are still under negotiation.
Mill Green's catchment area will extend from north Birmingham to south Manchester, with a population of 14.6 million. It is also expected that tourists from further away would also visit.
Cannock Chase Council leader George Adamson said the no-fee idea would be an incentive for people in Birmingham to visit the new shopping site, the biggest of its kind in the West Midlands.
He said: "Nothing has been decided yet but the idea, and it's a good one, is on the table."
A spokesman for Midland Expressway, which operates the M6 Toll, said: "We are in ongoing dialogue with the developers to understand their plans and what involvement the M6 Toll might have in supporting this development although nothing firm has been agreed at this early stage."
