Plansfor a new Lorry Road User Charge (LRUC), which will see foreign trucks charged up to £9 per day, were revealed at a CM Legal Seminar last week.
Delegates at the event were the first to hear the government’s plans for lorry charging from Nick Denton, head of freight policy and lorry charging at the Department of Transport (DfT).
Denton was one of the keynote speakers at the event, jointly sponsored by Trailer Resources and IMS (UK), and stressed to delegates the proposals were at an early stage, although they would likely provide the framework for the planned regulations.
Under current plans, UK operators will be charged an annual road charge (£450 ayear for a three-axle, 44-tonne artic) with VED rates reduced to migigate this cherge in the vast majority of cases.
Foreign trucks will be charged daily, weekly, monthly or annually, and could contribute up to £20m to the economy through the scheme. The new rules are expected to go before ministers through formal consultation, and progress to implemaentation by April 2014.

Extracted from Commercial Motor