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Manchester congestion charge
Posted: Tue 10 Jun, 2008 20.59
by nidave
I am surprised no one has brought this up:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content ... ture.shtml
Pricing details (weekdays)
INBOUND
7 – 9.30 am, Morning peak inbound:
£2 to cross Outer Ring, £1 to cross Intermediate Ring
OUTBOUND
4 – 6.30 pm, Evening peak outbound:
£1 to cross Intermediate Ring, £1 to cross Outer Ring
This is a more sensible approach than London - mainly because I am not affected - I travel out to Wigan in the morning so don't get charged and again am going the other way so no charge for me - YEA!
I wonder what's going to happen with the £2.8bn of investment -wonder if they could do a underground system for that. There was a Metrolink station under the Arndale centre before the redevelopment.
Re: Manchester congestion charge
Posted: Tue 10 Jun, 2008 21.02
by Sput
Wasn't the idea of an underground looked at years ago but they found the place was littered with obscacles underground like the big secret underground bunkers and prototype nuclear power station under the university?
Re: Manchester congestion charge
Posted: Tue 10 Jun, 2008 22.27
by Nick Harvey
It's probably significant that the two of you in Manchester have already posted.
The rest of us, mainly in the south of England, Scotland and Wales probably don't care an awful lot, as Manchester just doesn't seem like the place anyone from outside would want to regularly visit.
Re: Manchester congestion charge
Posted: Tue 10 Jun, 2008 22.34
by Sput
Unlike sleepy Wiltshire?

Re: Manchester congestion charge
Posted: Tue 10 Jun, 2008 22.40
by nidave
Its just a matter of time before it hits Wiltshire....
When my partner worked for Durham University - they were involved in the initial planning of introducing a congestion charge there... I seem to remember they even got as far as having a tender ready to go out
Re: Manchester congestion charge
Posted: Tue 10 Jun, 2008 22.42
by Nick Harvey
Sput wrote:Unlike sleepy Wiltshire?
Indeed.
There's a tree on top of Roundway Hill which I think you ought to inspect from a professional point of view.
I might buy you a pint of 6X while you're here.
Re: Manchester congestion charge
Posted: Tue 10 Jun, 2008 22.54
by Sput
6X? Sounds like a 3L bottle of cider to be consumed only on street corners!
Re: Manchester congestion charge
Posted: Tue 10 Jun, 2008 22.59
by Nick Harvey
Re: Manchester congestion charge
Posted: Tue 10 Jun, 2008 23.31
by marksi
Nick Harvey wrote:It's probably significant that the two of you in Manchester have already posted.
The rest of us, mainly in the south of England, Scotland and Wales probably don't care an awful lot, as Manchester just doesn't seem like the place anyone from outside would want to regularly visit.
Pah, look. Typical media attitude there. Leaving out Northern Ireland. FFS.
I have an admission to make. I have never been to Manchester. I know.
I am going to fix that the week after next with a very brief visit. I will then be in a better position to judge whether or not it is a place I might want to regularly visit.
Any place that has a former game show host reading the evening news has got to be worthy of investigation.
Re: Manchester congestion charge
Posted: Tue 10 Jun, 2008 23.37
by Sput
Oh I love Burnsey too. Liverpool gets him too but it's more obviously shit than Manchester!
Re: Manchester congestion charge
Posted: Wed 11 Jun, 2008 01.40
by Beep
This is just the crap city trying to kiss up to London to be Second City.