Charges on the Dartford Crossing reinstated

29 June 2012

Charges on the Dartford-Thurrock River Crossing were reinstated at 7.40pm today.

The Highways Agency had temporarily suspended charges northbound on the Crossing as a result of two separate incidents causing a build-up of traffic on the anti-clockwise M25.

The decision to suspend charges had been made at 6pm today to help ease the particularly severe congestion which had built up as a result of the emergency and also to reduce the risk of minor collisions in queuing traffic.


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