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Article: Road-pricing is set for go-ahead; Government to tackle congestion.(News)
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- Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
- Article date:
- October 30, 2007
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Byline: By BILL JACOBS Parliamentary Correspondent
ROAD pricing could be in place on Tyneside by 2014, Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly confirmed today.
In a Command Paper published today, she finally confirmed the Government was backing pilot schemes to use road pricing to cut traffic jams in major urban areas.
So far 10 areas, including Tyne & Wear, have received cash from a Transport Innovation Fund to develop ...