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<p>Following the Government announcement on 21 July 2017 to abolish tolls by the end
of 2018 the Government has not undertaken any further modelling on the impact of abolishing
the current tolls on traffic volumes in Bristol.</p><p> </p><p>Previous modelling
work was undertaken on the impact of removing tolls compared to the 2014 toll level,
rather than comparing specifically with toll levels either when the decision to abolish
tolls was made or at the end of the concession period. That modelling also covers
a different time period to the option being delivered and so there will be differences
from actual impacts. That modelling did show that there would be an increase in traffic
as a result of abolishing the tolls and that this would result in approximately 16,000
extra trips per day either into or out of Bristol in 2022. This is equivalent to 8,000
two-way journeys per day.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England are conducting modelling
work to look at the impacts of moving from the current level of tolls to no tolls
at the end of the year.</p>
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