E20,000 toll fee on Dartford Tunnel
3rd September 1987, Page 7
3rd September 1987
Page 7
Page 7, 3rd September 1987
— E20,000 toll fee on Dartford Tunnel
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• Taking trucks through the Dartford Tunnel could be costing the transport industry as much as £20,000 an hour.
A truck with driver wastes 212.30 an hour when caught in a jam, according to Department of Transport figures. Counting the toll of £1.60, hauliers could be shelling out almost £14 a time to go through the tunnel during peak periods such as rush hours, weekends and bank holidays.
Good weather on a single bank holiday could mean up to 95,000 vehicles using the tunnel. During peak hours about 6,500 vehicles — 25% of them CVs — queue to use the tunnel on either side, resulting in delays of an hour or more.