Congestion Charge Signs

unforeseen

Any idea why Halton Borough Council has put up congestion charge signs (white C on a red background) on the Mersey Gateway bridge?

Do they think it means something else

MUM40

Think they are trying to tell people charges apply.

unforeseen

Well, if people can't see 8ft Square signs then they are not going to see 1ft diameter signs on a bridge support.

I doubt if people outside London even recognise them. I didn't and had to look them up.

jbainbridge

They are trying to correct the mistake they made in sign posting it as a toll. It is in fact a (Road User) Charge. C for charge!

Scrapit

unforeseen wrote: »

Any idea why Halton Borough Council has put up congestion charge signs (white C on a red background) on the Mersey Gateway bridge?

Do they think it means something else

It means something else. It means charge, as in toll. See the Dartford crossing.

unforeseen

Scrapit wrote: »

It means something else. It means charge, as in toll. See the Dartford crossing.

I would but I'm over 200 miles from there.

Car_54

jbainbridge wrote: »

They are trying to correct the mistake they made in sign posting it as a toll. It is in fact a (Road User) Charge. C for charge!

It’s a toll. See any dictionary. (“A charge payable to use a bridge or road”).

jbainbridge

Car_54 wrote: »

It’s a toll. See any dictionary. (“A charge payable to use a bridge or road”).

Legally this is proving hugely problematic for Halton Borough Council ... which is why they are going to the trouble of changing the sign posting of the bridge. My original answer still stands.

Scrapit

unforeseen wrote: »

I would but I'm over 200 miles from there.

It must be a strange place to have no Google.

unforeseen

Can't get a street view of the Dartford crossing on my tablet for some reason.

unforeseen

Actually the sign is not officially recognised as a valid sign to be used for tolled roads and bridges. It was designed for and intended to be used for congestion charging.

Unfortunately Dart and now Mersey Gateway have jumped on the band wagon and have started misusing it. And least the Tyne Tunnel still use the correct signs