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<p>The Government has a longstanding policy of funding estuarial crossings through
tolls. Work on a new Lower Thames Crossing has assumed that it will be tolled, although
no decisions have yet been made. Beyond this, there are no plans for further tolls.
The £15 billion to be invested in strategic roads over the next five years, set out
most recently in the Road Investment Strategy, is wholly funded by Government.</p><p>
</p><p>The new Mersey Gateway Bridge and existing Silver Jubilee Bridge will be tolled
when the new bridge opens in 2017, although these are the responsibility of Halton
Council.</p>
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