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Would this be a good time to remind folks that the M6 toll is (still?) 75% owned by an Australian company, a manager of which in 2003 got into trouble for describing the M6 toll as a "cash cow"?
No, probably not.
I use the M6 toll a lot (in a car -and because I stick it on expenses), but think it is a rip off. I read in the press some time ago that the contract between the government and the operators forgot to include a price escalation clause (if the lawyer that negotiated that contract worked for me he would never work again!) which explains why the prices just go up and up. Most of the HGV companies simply won't use it - even with discounts. Some drivers pay out of their own pockets if they really want to get home after a long haul
Of course the M6 toll road is great to use but the point I am making is that if not enough people use it then the investment has to be financed in other ways
The government is broke so the government won't subsidise it; Joe public has to
For example, if everyone adhered to the speed limit for 24 hours and didn't set off the speed cameras, how much money would the government lose in revenue and from where would the lost income have to be found
Its all about the money
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