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The latest annual toll price rise for the Severn Bridge comes into force on Friday, raising the cost of a car crossing by 10p to £6.60.

The new prices, which will apply to all vehicles crossing the Severn Bridge and Second Severn Crossing, mean the cost of a car crossing has rocketed by £3.80 over the past 24 years.

The latest toll for cars and motor caravans will rise from £6.50 to £6.60 from January 1, small goods vehicles and small buses will rise from £13.10 to £13.20, and heavy goods vehicles and buses will rise by 20p from £19.60 to £19.80.

In 1992, the price for cars and motor caravans to cross the bridge was just £2.80.

During that time he toll for small goods vehicles and small buses has also risen by £7.60, from £5.60 in 1992 to £13.20 in 2016.

By 2016, the toll for heavy goods vehicles and buses would have risen by £11.40, from £8.40 in 1992 to £19.80.

John Warman, organiser for CAST (Campaign against Severn Bridge Tolls) and a Neath Port Talbot councillor, says the figures make them the most expensive toll bridges per mile in the world – and called for the tolls to be ditched.

“Only the complete abolition of the tolls will satisfy the people in Wales and our neighbours in the West of England,” he said, adding: “The tax on entering Wales [is] having a devastating impact on the already hard pressed haulage industry and acting as a barrier to businesses moving into Wales.”

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The new toll levels are confirmed each year by a Parliamentary Order made in December which authorises SRC to adjust tolls to the revised levels.

A spokesman from Severn River Crossing Plc (SRC) said: “SRC amends the tolls at the start of each year in strict compliance with the Severn Bridges Act 1992.

“The Act sets down the precise method and base prices for setting toll levels and the adjustment to next year’s tolls, like this year, is in accordance with RPI.”

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Understandably, the rise in toll levels have left some commuters, who use the bridge frequently, feeling angry.

Kris Saunders, a programme manager for TVS education, uses the bridge every day and thinks the tolls are a further financial burden for small businesses.

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Kris, 30, from Rhondda, said: “To be honest I think it’s a disgrace how much the toll prices have risen over the years.

“How are people who use the bridge daily expected to be able to pay this price every day along with other travelling costs such as petrol?

“I think it’s a further financial burden for many people and small businesses.”

In July a petition was also created calling for the Prime Minister to scrap the Severn Bridge toll. The online petition was started by Chepstow-based Steven Holloway and was signed by more than 6,000 people.

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A statement on the petition’s website read: “The Severn Crossings are a lifeline for some so they can get to work in Bristol and surrounding areas. Fuel costs are bad enough without the added worry of bridge tolls.

“This is a big deduction out of our salaries and we feel it should be made free or a small £1 toll for people living in South Wales and the surrounding post codes who need to commute to England.

“It has also cost a lot of jobs in South Wales due to businesses leaving the area thanks to heavy toll charges.”

The rises in toll prices comes in the face of figures obtained by Monmouth Tory MP David Davies , which shows that maintaining the two Severn bridges is far less than the tolls imposed on them.

After obtaining detailed figures from the UK Government, Mr Davies said that slashing toll prices to just £1 would cover the cost of running and maintaining the bridges when they return to public ownership in two and a half years time.

He obtained revenue figures from the Department for Transport (DfT), which also confirmed ownership of the crossings would be handed over to the UK Government on April 1, 2018, and said the “time has now come” for ministers to make a statement on what the new tolling regime will look like post-concession.

The figures show Severn River Crossing PLC collected a net revenue of £91.4m in 2014, of which £13.16m was operational expenditure including maintenance. £17m was paid in VAT.