TfL launches cheaper tolls for low-income Londoners

Thousands of London motorists are being given the chance to drive through the Silvertown and Blackwall tunnels for as little as 75p per trip.Drivers living in 13 east and south-east London boroughs can apply for a 50 per cent discount on the tolls – which start on April 7 – if they are on low incomes.

According to the Evening Standard, this will cut the cost of the toll from £4 to £2 at peak times and from £1.50 to 75p at off-peak times.

However, drivers who want to benefit from the reductions have to register in advance with Transport for London. Applications opened on Wednesday.

To be eligible, drivers have to live in one of 13 boroughs – Barking & Dagenham, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Hackney, Havering, Lewisham, Newham, Redbridge, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest or the City of London. They also have to be in receipt of State benefits such as income support, universal credit, carer’s allowance or housing benefit.

Pic: TfL

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