Drivers heading through the Tyne Tunnel have until May 2023 to prepare themselves for a major price hike. Councillors recently voted to increase the crossing cost for car drivers by 30p and by 50p for HGV drivers.
Councillors voted to increase the price of the toll for using the busy crossing but decided to defer the hike from next February until May because of the major financial pressures already set to hit North East households this winter.
Members of the North East Joint Transport Committee’s Tyne and Wear sub-committee were told that the toll needed to increase at a higher rate than usual because of the escalating levels of inflation and to pay back the debts incurred in building the second tunnel
