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JVB66
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edited July 2016 in General Chat #1

I have just read an article in a Railway Publication where there are plans to build a lorry park near the M20 in Kent with spaces for 3600 vehicles and Eurotunnel even after Brexit expects to be carrying Two million trucks per year by 2020,an increase of over 500,000 more than now,and we think our roads are busy now

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  • Rocky 2 buckets
    Rocky 2 buckets Forum Participant Posts: 7,101
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    edited July 2016 #2

    JV, now we're heading out of the EU the Govt will maybe even the playing field by taxing all the foreign trucks better now that will be using our roads. 

  • JVB66
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    edited July 2016 #3

    JV, now we're heading out of the EU the Govt will maybe even the playing field by taxing all the foreign trucks better now that will be using our roads. 

    ...That might helpUndecided

  • redface
    redface Forum Participant Posts: 1,701
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    edited July 2016 #4

    Yes, but you and I will have to pay taxes in every common market country we drive/tour through in the future. As it is  I seem to recall paying motorway tolls, even on EU funded motorways in Portugal!

  • DavidKlyne
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    edited July 2016 #5

    Don't HGV's from abroad already pay a levy to use our roads, see
    here

    David

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited July 2016 #6

    According to the truckers association the charges are nothing compared to the costs the Brit truckers pay. I know nothing other than seeing a spokesperson for the truckers being interviewed.

  • jennyc
    jennyc Forum Participant Posts: 957
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    edited August 2016 #7

    As a caravanner I don't recall being charged for using continental roads, nor am I aware that continental caravanners are charged for using ours. If a European truck is charged for delivering in the UK then the UK end user will find that cost passed onto
    them. If the cost of exporting from the UK in a truck has charges levied then it will increase our export costs and the desirability of UK products. Come along, we're all citizens of the planet - let's live in harmony.

  • brue
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    edited August 2016 #8

    I think there maybe more toll roads over the channel, so you will perhaps be paying extra for this usage. The planned truck park in Kent is to avoid future "stacking" operations on the approach roads to the ports.

  • redface
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    edited August 2016 #9

    JennyC, there are toll motorways in Europe. Switzerland and Portugal to name but two such countries that charge. Not on all their domestic roads though.

  • jennyc
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    edited August 2016 #10

    JennyC, there are toll motorways in Europe. Switzerland and Portugal to name but two such countries that charge. Not on all their domestic roads though.

    Write your comments here...

    And their toll roads are alternatives to non chargeable roads, with, in my experience of European toll roads, far less traffic and an easier drive. We charge for some river crossings not to mention part of the M6 if we chose those routes. However the UK's
    "fuel duty" affects all drivers, including foreigners, at a very high rate, and it's not even ploughed back into road provision and repairs.

  • young thomas
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    edited August 2016 #11

    As a caravanner I don't recall being charged for using continental roads, nor am I aware that continental caravanners are charged for using ours. If a European truck is charged for delivering in the UK then the UK end user will find that cost passed onto
    them. If the cost of exporting from the UK in a truck has charges levied then it will increase our export costs and the desirability of UK products. Come along, we're all citizens of the planet - let's live in harmony.

    i agree, Jenny, what we need is a common market where we can trade equally with everyone in Europe....

    ooops, forgot.....we had one of those......didnt we?....then it all went south....Wink

  • JVB66
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    edited August 2016 #12

    As a caravanner I don't recall being charged for using continental roads, nor am I aware that continental caravanners are charged for using ours. If a European truck is charged for delivering in the UK then the UK end user will find that cost passed onto them. If the cost of exporting from the UK in a truck has charges levied then it will increase our export costs and the desirability of UK products. Come along, we're all citizens of the planet - let's live in harmony.

    i agree, Jenny, what we need is a common market where we can trade equally with everyone in Europe....

    ooops, forgot.....we had one of those......didnt we?....then it all went south....Wink

    ..We joined a "Common Market" originally,and as for fuel duty the majority of comercial vehicles have huge fuel tanks so rarely need to fill up in the uk

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