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1. 11. Up to £6 a day road charge due

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 24 January 2007 A MASSIVE congestion charge scheme for Greater Manchester is revealed by the M.E.N. today. Drivers face paying up to é6 a day - around é1,500 a year - to use the area's busiest roads. The actual amount paid would depend on which roads are used and for what distance, with those travelling at peak times facing the highest fees.

2. 12. C-Charge: The long road begins

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 26 January 2007 COUNCIL leaders today got Greater Manchester on the path to congestion charging. The Association of Greater Manchester Authorities Executive - made up of the 10 leaders and fire, police and passenger transport authorities, voted unanimously to order officials to draw up detailed plans to charge drivers to travel on 15 corridors into Manchester city centre.

3. 13. Congestion charge trial to hit city

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 28 November 2005 DRIVERS could be forced to fork out £1 per mile as part of a congestion charging trial scheme in Greater Manchester which has just been announced.

4. 14. Return ticket: Congestion charge mastermind Roger Jones set to return to transport committee

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 02 June 2011 Transport supremo Roger Jones is set to make a triumphant return to the body which decides travel policy in Greater Manchester.

5. 15. Congestion charging: The big debate

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 24 January 2007 DETAILS of a massive congestion charge scheme for Greater Manchester have been revealed by the M.E.N.

6. 16. Charge to miss key congestion

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 31 July 2008 HALF the cost of congestion to Greater Manchester is caused by traffic that never comes inside the M60, new figures have revealed.

7. 17. Congestion charge row worsens

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 07 August 2008 A NEW row has broken out among business leaders over demands to sell off Manchester Airport and increase business rates to pay for £3bn of public transport improvements instead of introducing congestion charging.

8. 18. AGMA’s congestion charge claims ‘arrogant’

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 31 October 2008 Some points on congestion charging. The Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA) arrogantly claims that "Only the strategy put forward by AGMA is presently capable of delivering the scale of necessary transport improvement and also tackling congestion." Which other strategies were invited or considered?

9. 19. Crunch time in campaign over C-Charge

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 26 January 2007 IT'S D-Day today for a vital stage in plans to make Greater Manchester the biggest congestion charging area in the country. The leaders of the area's 10 district councils were meeting to decide whether proposals revealed by the M.E.N. earlier this week should go any further.

10. 20. Bury blow for congestion charge plans

    Manchester Evening News, Thursday 13 December 2007 PLANS to bring congestion charging to Greater Manchester have suffered a further blow after a third council withdrew its support for the scheme.

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