Councillors in Kent are planning to use the expansion of the Port of Dover to form an argument to get a cut of the road charges the Department for Transport (DfT) plans to introduce.
Dover District Council approved a £400 million scheme in December that will effectively double the capacity of the south coast port. The expansion will mean an increase in foreign freight services using the roads around Kent.
The DfT plans to impose a £10-a-day charge for any non-British drivers using the roads which it believes will make the haulage industry "fairer" for UK-based firms.
However, the Folkestone Herald reported that Kent County Council has been outraged that the government plans to keep all the money generated for itself.
Tim Prater, Shepway Liberal Democrat, told the source: "I think something like 87 per cent of all international road freight comes through the docks and the Channel Tunnel but it appears Kent will lose out on this money-making scheme which affects it the most."
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