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11'1 Britain and the lack of a national parking policy are strongly attacked by the Roads Campaign Council in the August issueof their news magazine, Highway Times,
On tolls, the paper says: "An astonishing economic theory to justify a tax or toll on vehicle users in congested cities is being canvassed. It reasons that since congestion costs money, the way to overcome it is to charge progressively greater. amounts the closer you drive to the city centre.
" But if you feel that this is all too I984,' " says the paper, "consider these wordS: The Government have not ruled out the possibility that tolls might be introduced on urban motorways .. . These words were -spoken by Sir James Dunnett, Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, lecturing at Manchester University in May."