..... making people use different routes.

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Originally it was to be free after the initial toll period had paid off the construction costs.

They were paid for a number of years ago.

The main reason for congestion there is because most people have to stop at the toll booths.

Given that tolls are still in place after the initial costs havce been defrayed, why on earth don't they use the technology that TfL operates for the congestion charge?

I still remember the days prior to M25 when the A282 was a single carriageway road, with queues to use a tunnel under the Thames.

Nowadays it is part of the nation's top motorway, 4 lanes in each direction, and even longer queues to use ...

Who remembers the period a couple of years ago there was a major power failure in the area, and the tolls had to be suspended? That was the only time the crossing operated without undue queues AND it was much friendlier to the environment too - well who thinks queues of 10 miles 4 lanes wide is good for the environment?

2 things needed now ..... dedicated lanes for dart tag holders - like the French motorway toll tag lane .. and official advice as to which route to use as an alternative so to reduce congestion.

Come on Boris, do you want the Blackwall tunnell to have even longer queues (and and the approach roads either side)??

WANT TO REDUCE CONGESTION - SCRAP THE TOLLS - simples!