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| | Guardian | Lorries shun M6 toll road (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27) |
 | | Fewer than 10 lorry operators have signed up to use Britain's first pay-per-drive motorway, the M6 Toll around Birmingham, following complaints that prices on are too high. |
 | | But freight operators accuse the road's private operator, Midland Expressway, of deterring heavy vehicles by imposing an £11 charge to limit damage to the road surface. |
 | | Midland Expressway's managing director, Tom Fanning, said yesterday that "fewer than 10" fleet operators have registered for a special "tag" which acts as a season ticket for regular users, despite a marketing blitz aimed at the 100 leading freight companies. |
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