Bridge tolls scrapped
MOTORISTS can travel for free for the first time in 52 years on the two Severn bridges as the tolls are scrapped from today.
Charges on the original Severn Crossing have been in place since 1966. They were then introduced on the second crossing – renamed the Prince of Wales Bridge in April this year – when it opened 30 years later in 1996.
The current fee for a car crossing from England into South Wales is £5.60.