ALL assembly party groups are set to call for the scrapping of the Severn bridge tolls after the bridges return to public ownership.
A Senedd debate today will discuss the abolition of charges on the Severn bridges. The debate was tabled by UKIP and is set to be supported by Plaid Cymru, Labour and the Welsh Conservatives.
The charge for drivers with cars or a van up to nine seats to cross the Severn tolls at the moment is £6.60 with small buses at £13.20 and lorries costing £19.80.
The bridges which are not devolved are set to return to UK government ownership at the end of 2017.
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said earlier this month that the option of charging around £1.80 to enter and exit Wales is one of several that the government will explore at a future consultation.
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