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More relevent to our Northern members I know but how splendid is it to have two tunnels now. Gone are the days of 20-120 minute queues in the morning and coming home at night, it is an absolute revelation.

There is one down side though; why when they spent a year refurbishing the existing tunnel did they make such a poor job of resurfacing the outside lane that is now the Northbound tunnel? I went through on Monday night in the RS and thought my rear DRC had failed, the rear end of the car was bouncing all over the place. So much so I was out in the cold when I got home with my torch checking the DRC was intact. But then did the same stretch last night sat behind a car and notice it wasn't just me! Yet the inside lane seemingly is as smooth as a baby's bottom like the new tunnel.

Shame on you TWPTA. That and there is a 40 limit Southbound and a 30 limit Northbound so very little room to do tunnel running in either unless you are in 1st or 2nd....

Not to shabby, http://www.newtynecrossing.info/virtual-reality-model

How much does it cost to use it?

£1.20 each way for non permit holders; £1.08 for permit holders. But it is going up in Jan. to £1.50 for mere mortals, don't know what the immortals will have to pay.

wont be long before its a lot more. Dartford crossing is £1.50 now bloody joke.

I rarely used the tunnel mainly due to the fact that is was always a real bottleneck. I'll probably use it more often now there are two and the queues seem to have all but dissapeared.

You should do, it is a breeze now, even this morning I drove straight into a free toll booth. Albeit there is no legislation for the fcukwits who arrive with no change or worse still no credit on their permits!

So yet another toll crossing where they haven't updated the equipment to take cards then?

I use the Severn Bridge several times a year and at £5.70 it's not cheap, and a PITA having to remember to have the cash ready.

Your asking a lot graemep, the Tyne crossing tolls don't even give change let alone accept cards! That said there is a change station before the tolls and it may now take cards to give you change.