Dartford MP Gareth Johnson has submitted a letter to the Department of Transport in opposition to the proposed Dartford Crossing toll hike.

The letter was also signed by David Evenett, Mark Reckless, Adam Holloway, Rehman Christhie, Jo Johnson, Rebecca Harris, Tracey Crouch, Andrew Rosindell, Gordon Henderson and Lee Scott.

The letter outlines the concerns held by MPs, including levels of congestion, increased pollution across the entire area as motorists try to find alternative routes and the detrimental impact on businesses which rely on the crossing.  The letter also puts forward scrapping the tolls altogether as the best solution to the problems.

It reads: "This would also be the fairest solution for motorists and businesses. This is a situation we call on the Department to work towards.  However, in the absence of the tolls being completely removed, we support the substituting of the tollbooths with a free-flow charging scheme as a mechanism of tackling the congestion."

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