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Charge to use Blackwall Tunnel

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  • Badger
    Badger Posts: 4,842
    Will increase the cost of coach travel to away games.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    Badger said:

    Will increase the cost of coach travel to away games.

    Yep, an extra 8p each. I'd better start saving I've only got a minimum of 9 years.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    NathanPrior said:

    If you don't like it then don't drive, simple as. You earn enough to pay it so stop being tight arses

    Oh the irony.

  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    sam3110 said:

    What a load of shite, so to get from south of the river to north of the river you now have to pay at Dartford, pay at Blackwall or drive all the way into central London and pay the congestion charge? This country is a fecking joke at times, and what with the London Bridge upgrade (guaranteed to push ticket prices up ridiculously, yet again!) and it's no wonder this country is going completely tits up

    The Woolwich Ferry, or drive round the south circ, or M25 past Heathrow and you'll get there quicker than those queueing at the tolls!

  • CrayAddick
    CrayAddick Posts: 3,913
    Surprised we have not sold it to the French.
  • smiffyboy
    smiffyboy Posts: 4,314
    Boris said today that it wouldn't happen all the time he is mayor.
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,872
    NathanPrior said:

    If you don't like it then don't drive, simple as. You earn enough to pay it so stop being tight arses

    Knob
  • NathanPrior
    NathanPrior Posts: 3,577
    Off_it said:

    NathanPrior said:

    If you don't like it then don't drive, simple as. You earn enough to pay it so stop being tight arses

    Knob
    You c*nt arse
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,872
    NathanPrior said:

    Off_it said:

    NathanPrior said:

    If you don't like it then don't drive, simple as. You earn enough to pay it so stop being tight arses

    Knob
    You c*nt arse
    How does that work?
  • NathanPrior
    NathanPrior Posts: 3,577
    Off_it said:

    NathanPrior said:

    Off_it said:

    NathanPrior said:

    If you don't like it then don't drive, simple as. You earn enough to pay it so stop being tight arses

    Knob
    You c*nt arse
    How does that work?
    Ask yourself that question

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  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,872
    I'm asking you. Enlighten me. Humour me.
  • Deadred
    Deadred Posts: 1,514
    edited October 2012
    Off_it said:

    NathanPrior said:

    If you don't like it then don't drive, simple as. You earn enough to pay it so stop being tight arses

    Knob
    Chill Offy when it's introduced I'm sure Nathan will offer his share of the toll fee to the driver he's ponced a lift off.
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,199
    Don't worry as the current govt. is making such a mess of everything it is inevitable that Ed Balls will be the next occupant of No. 11. (Unless the sweaties vote yes to independence (oh, please!) of course.) So by 2021 £2 will only be worth around 20p.
  • paulbaconsarnie
    paulbaconsarnie Posts: 9,423
    NathanPrior said:

    If you don't like it then don't drive, simple as. You earn enough to pay it so stop being tight arses

    I take it you've taken a similar approach with your property's maintenance charge increase and have decided to move.
  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    smiffyboy said:

    Boris said today that it wouldn't happen all the time he is mayor.

    This doesn't mean much, seeing as most political commentators think Boris could be the next leader of the Conservatives.

  • Ormiston_Addick
    Ormiston_Addick Posts: 8,810
    edited November 2012
    Saga Lout said:

    smiffyboy said:

    Boris said today that it wouldn't happen all the time he is mayor.

    This doesn't mean much, seeing as most political commentators think Boris could be the next leader of the Conservatives.

    Hmmmm, that's still quite a long shot, don't forget he'd have to find a nice safe seat first and - contrary to popular belief - that is far from easy.

    I like Johnson as entertainment value and his social liberalism, but you have to wonder how his routine would go down as PM, the MoL is a very different job and is very much personality led whereas the PM has to often deal with very serious issues where his 'bumbling toff' routine would not go down all that well.
  • I_Saw_Semedo_Score
    I_Saw_Semedo_Score Posts: 1,632
    NathanPrior said:

    If you don't like it then don't drive, simple as. You earn enough to pay it so stop being tight arses

    My twat-dar is going mad. What a fucking moby.
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,230
    NathanPrior said:

    If you don't like it then don't drive, simple as. You earn enough to pay it so stop being tight arses

    Absolutely clueless.

  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    NathanPrior said:

    If you don't like it then don't drive, simple as. You earn enough to pay it so stop being tight arses

    Fair enough: And the next time you're on a bus or train I'm sure you won't mind being held up whilst I load the carpets, underlay, gripper-rods, doorbars, tools, carpet samples, etc onto the bus or train.
    Then you'd probably moan about the lack of space.
    Nathan, grow-up.

  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,234
    Wouldn't it be fairer if we charged for all the crossing over/under the Thames including those in West London where there are lots of safe tory seats such as Richmond, Kew, Chelsea etc etc.


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  • kings hill addick
    kings hill addick Posts: 5,781
    It's just another tax. They have to raise the money from somewhere. We are currently spending c. £180bn a year more than we're getting in.

    I think there are going to be many, many more schemes like this one before we generate enough to pay for all those multiple children families that don't work.

    I don't use Blackwall tunnel, but I do use Dartford, and I don't like paying for it, but I realise that we all have to pay one way or another. At least these type of taxes hit those that don't work (who all seem to drive). The alternative is raising income tax which hill hit those of us that work even more as those that don't earn don't pay any.
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,811
    TfL have to pay for it somehow, and it would have been cheaper and more effective to have built the Bridge at Thamesmead, that Boris blocked, because of complaints from Bexley council.
  • Woodsywood
    Woodsywood Posts: 991
    As KHA said if there are a set of people to moan at about these schemes it is the people who live off benefits because they can't be arsed to go to work.
  • Southendaddick
    Southendaddick Posts: 5,314
    Kings hill has it spot on

    No problem paying the toll just think the delays will be horrific with just the 2 lanes
  • Jayajosh
    Jayajosh Posts: 2,877
    Thought the vehicle taxes paid for this tunnel years ago.
  • cafckev
    cafckev Posts: 2,915
    Not sure if it’s anywhere else on here, so I will add it here. TFL have confirmed that a charge will be imposed on users of the Tunnel, once the Silvertown Tunnel has been completed 

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12408307/London-drivers-toll-Blackwall-Tunnel-2025.html
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,652
    Why should people who live of the east of London have to pay, but those in the west can cross the river for free?
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,439
    guinnessaddick said:
    Why should people who live of the east of London have to pay, but those in the west can cross the river for free?
    Gotta keep the peasants in their place.
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,235
    The old comments on this one are worth a read 
  • Jints
    Jints Posts: 3,495
    It was the only way to fund Silvertown tunnel. I suppose you could say that the central bridges are in the congestion charge zone.

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