Toll Roads in The United Kingdom - History - Since The 1960s

Since The 1960s

Following the abolition of turnpikes a few private roads and toll bridges remained. Some bridges of the turnpike era were built by companies (rather than trusts) and have continued to charge tolls. Tolls on some bridges were abolished by county councils buying up the tolls and then declaring them county bridges. A recent example of this relates to the well known Cob at Porthmadog, where tolls ceased in 2006, when it was nationalised by the Welsh Assembly

Tolls are similarly collected to finance the cost of building the Humber Bridge and Severn Bridge. In recent times, the concept of charging tolls to finance the building of roads has been revived, but so far the only new toll road is M6 Toll.

Tolls for the Forth Road Bridge were removed in 2008 following a divisive 3-year political debate during which it was proposed that variable congestion pricing tolls would be introduced.

A new toll road is in the plan in south wales. The M4 is planned to have a relief road built and managed the same as the M6 toll. BBC News Link