MERSEY Tunnels have announced when drivers will be able to see changes to signs at toll plazas.

Changes to both the Mersey Tunnel toll plazas will see fast tag signs replaced with T-FLOW signs.  

T-FLOW is a video tolling system that reads your vehicle’s registration as you approach the toll lane. The barrier will automatically raise for registered drivers who enter the toll with the new signage.

Mersey Tunnels confirmed that drivers will start to see the changes to the signs at both the Queensway Tunnel and Kingsway Tunnels from early February.

Both fast tag and T-FLOW customers can use any lane to complete their journey.

The changes come after Mersey Tunnel announced an increase in toll prices for some motorists.

As part of their budget-setting process for the financial year ahead, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority members signed off on proposals to amend some of the existing tariffs paid by motorists when they use the two road tunnels between Liverpool and Wirral.

Following a meeting of the combined authority in December, changes to transport fees and changes were confirmed.

While the cash toll for a single journey will be frozen at £2, the price of a discounted single journey for someone living in the city region with a T Flow account is to rise by 20p to £1.40. The proposals include the T-Flow toll for non city region residents which will rise by 20p from £1.80 to £2.

As a result of the incoming changes in Fast Tag and T Flow charges, the combined authority expects to increase Mersey Tunnels income by around £3m a year, with an additional £7,000 considering the removal of breakdown charges and increase in Tunnel Tours and Escort fees.