Important information for drivers planning a journey via the Dartford Crossing this Christmas

You no longer pay the Dartford Crossing charge at the barriers. You now pay in advance or by midnight the day after you cross. Dart Charge Important information for drivers using the Dartford Crossing

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23 1 M25 27 To ease congestion and improve 24 25 26 6 A1 En eld M11 A12 traffic flow at the Dartford Crossing A10 5 Brentwood 28 the way you pay the crossing charge A406 2 4 A12 A127 29 Basildon has changed. 1 Dagenham M25 A13 You no longer pay the charge at the A12 A13 Dartford 30 Crossing payment barriers. Instead Dart Charge is Blackwall Tunnel Tilbury paid in advance or by midnight the day LONDON A2 Gravesend after crossing. 2 A20 A282 A2 1 3 Rochester 2 Paying Dart Charge is easy. You can Orpington M25 M2 Croydon M20 pay online, by phone, at Payzone retail 4

2 3 4 outlets or in advance by post. You can M26 2a 5 M20 A23 set up a pre-pay account and save up to 7 Sevenoaks 7 M25 A21 a third on every crossing. 8 8 6 Reigate © Crown copyright and database rights 2014 Ordnance Survey 100030649

Those who do not pay will face a penalty. The A282 Dartford Crossing Charges apply between 6am to 10pm. links the M25 motorway between Dartford in Kent and Thurrock It is still free to use the Dartford Crossing in Essex. It crosses the River between 10pm and 6am. Thames east of London.

Ways to pay Dart Charge: by post (in advance only): Dart Charge Customer Services PO Box 842, www.gov.uk/dart-charge 0300 300 0120 www.payzone.co.uk/­ Leeds LS1 9QF. +44 (0) 300 300 0120 Store-Locator Go online to download or call to request a payment form S150607 HE Creative

Further information ­For further information about Dart Charge find us at www.gov.uk/highways/dartford