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POLICY
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What lag d id next UT chairman David Begg (right), predicts that all motorists will soon be charged for using Britain's roads.
He reveals that Transport Secretary Alistair Darling has set up a steering committee to look at such a scheme. This committee will review the necessary technology and will attempt to predict how public transport could cope with extra demand. It will also seek ways to pacify the public's fear of the 'spy in the sky'.
"In my opinion it is now a matter of 'when', not 'if'," says Begg. "Although the official line is that the government will wait for the findings of the review next summer the government has realised that there is only one way to reduce congestion and that does not mean trying to build a way out of it." The most likely form of charging will be a fee for every mile that motorists drive: charges would be calculated by small on-board computers tracked by satellite.
The Lorry Road User Charge (LRUC) for trucks is expected to be rolled out across the UK in 2006.