Congestion charging in Greater Manchester

Proposals for congestion charging in Greater Manchester (sometimes called the Manchester Congestion Charge) is part of a bid to the Government's Transport Innovation Fund (TIF) for a £3 billion package of transport funding and the introduction of a road congestion pricing for Greater Manchester, a metropolitan county in North West England. Unlike the current version of the London scheme, two cordons will be used, one covering the main urban core of the Greater Manchester Urban Area and another covering Manchester City Centre.

The reason for introducing the charge, apart from reducing demand for road space in central Greater Manchester and congestion, is to help pay for improvements to public transport with £3 billion in the form of a grant and loan, in particular for the Manchester Metrolink expansion.