M6 motorway drivers face being charged £514 due to 27-mile rule
The UK's most expensive toll road has been revealed - with 50,000 drivers at risk of a GBP9.90 daily fee. The M6 toll, located in the Midlands near Birmingham[1], has been placed at the top of the list with the GBP9.90 fee for cars higher than anywhere else in the country. Analysis from vehicle financing firm Moneybarn[2] shows cars will pay just GBP6.30 if they travel inside just one of the zones, GBP8.10 if they go into two areas or the maximum GBP9.90 fee for travelling the entire 27-mile route.
And somebody driving the route once a week would lose GBP514. Cars with a trailer installed on the rear will pay a higher GBP14.20 to use all three zones with vans or motorhomes charged GBP16.80. The most expensive fee is slapped onto HGV owners who are charged GBP17.40 to access all three charging areas.
Carwow explained: "While the regular M6 is often gummed up with traffic crawling past Birmingham and Wolverhampton, the M6 toll offers an alternative. Unlike most of the UK's 2,300-mile motorway network you must pay to use it, but spending the money usually means quicker journeys with less chance of sitting in a snarl-up just south of Walsall[4]. "The M6 toll is a 27-mile-long bypass that circumvents some of the busiest and densely populated parts of the West Midlands.
The rest of the motorway network is operated by publicly owned National Highways, but the M6 toll is privately owned by Aleatica, a transport infrastructure company that operates in Europe and Latin America." M6 toll officials explain: "We offer quick access to Cannock[5], Burntwood, Walsall, Tamworth[6], Lichfield[7] and Sutton Coldfield[8]. We're also the fastest route to some of the region's most popular destinations, such as the NEC, Birmingham Airport[9], the Belfry, Drayton Manor, the Snowdome, McArthurGlen and Resorts World."
How much you will pay to use the M6 toll depends on the time of day and week, what type of vehicle you're driving, and where you come onto the road.
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