M6 Toll prices to increase next month
The operator of the M6 Toll has today announced new prices to come into effect next month.
It has also announced a new trial to cap prices for car drivers and measures to support local businesses.
From 6am on July 30 prices will rise for cars by between 30p and 50p per journey, for light goods vehicles by 10p-30p and for heavy goods vehicles by 20p-50p, depending on the journey made.
Prices will be frozen for night time journeys for all light and heavy goods vehicles to support operators during the M6 roadworks.
Midland Expressway Limited is launching a trial of an innovative new Hopper product.
The four-month trial will aim to see at least 100 local users offered a new weekly maximum price of £20 for unlimited eligible journeys.
A driver using the M6 Toll for return journeys five days a week would save between £25 and £30 as a result, more than halving their weekly cost.
The new Hopper product aims to particularly reduce congestion along the A5, A38 and A446 including pinch points such as Muckley Corner and the Wall Island.
Andy Cliffe, Chief Executive of MEL, said: “Over 18 million journeys were made on the M6 Toll last year, moving a huge volume of traffic off the congested M6 and surrounding A roads.
"To continue that shift onto the M6 Toll, I am pleased to announce our new trial of a capped fee for unlimited eligible journeys for local drivers.”
“We are committed to encouraging more vans and HGVs off the M6 and onto the M6toll and our price rises for commercial vehicles have been carefully set to ensure that we continue the significant growth in HGV traffic on the M6toll that we saw in 2017.”
