Much\nof society has rallied together to support key workers during the COVID-19\noutbreak. People are finding thoughtful ways to make essential workers\u2019 lives\neasier during their long days. Supermarkets have designated certain shopping\ntimes for NHS staff and some nurses and doctors are now able to park at\nhospitals without paying. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another industry still at work is courier<\/a> and delivery services<\/a>. These people are supplying households with items to get them through lockdown boredom and individual issues. Their continued work on UK\u2019s much emptier roads has caused some to ask: should couriers stop paying tolls and congestion charges during COVID-19?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tolls\nand congestion charges were introduced for different purposes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Tolls<\/a> were introduced on the busiest roads to help keep them maintained. Frequent use of busy roads meant they would wear quicker with potholes. Thus, tolls covered maintenance costs. But introducing these costs also deterred motorists from using toll roads. Instead, they chose other roads to save money, which then disperses traffic and mitigates the number of traffic jams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Congestion charges <\/a>are slightly different. These payments are made when a vehicle enters a certain area, the most notable being the centre of London. If a London courier wants to enter a specific inner area of the city, they must pay a charge to do so. This is to deter regular drivers from using the busiest roads, but it has another aim. Congestion charges also want to make inner-city living more enjoyable through reduced noise pollution and cleaner air. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nTolls and Congestion Charges\nExplained<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Arguments for Scrapping\nCharges<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n