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1. 1. Ian Wylie: Living with the congestion charge

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 25 January 2007 IAN Wylie describes what it is like living under a congestion charge in our capital city.

2. 2. 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.

3. 3. 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.

4. 4. 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.

5. 5. 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.

6. 6. Motorists vow to dodge the congestion charge

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 24 January 2007 MOST commuters quizzed by the M.E.N. said that they would try to avoid the congestion charges. And every one of them claimed that public transport would need to improve dramatically to cope with the expected influx of former drivers the charges may bring.

7. 7. C-Charge: Bosses came by car

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 27 January 2007 COUNCIL bosses gathered for a key meeting to debate congestion on Manchester's roads yesterday - and ALL of them travelled by car.

8. 8. C-Charge: Public transport the key

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 27 January 2007 GREATER Manchester is firmly on the road to congestion charging - but only if public transport is ready to give drivers a viable alternative to their cars.

9. 9. Road charging: Your questions answered

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 25 January 2007 HOW much will you pay? What if someone tries to cheat the system? Are the plans definite? All these questions and more in our quick Q+A on the congestion charge proposals.

10. 10. MPs split on congestion charging

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 29 January 2007 SPLITS over proposed congestion charges for Manchester have emerged as MP for central Manchester, Tony Lloyd, backed the scheme - in direct opposition to colleague Graham Stringer.

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