TOLLS on the Severn Bridge and Second Severn Crossing are set to increase again in January.

The new toll prices for vehicles crossing the bridges will be introduced on 1st January 2016, following the trend in recent years of rising prices for vehicles of all types to cross the Severn.

According to Severn River Crossing PLC (SRC,) the increases are stipulated in the Severn Bridges Act 1992 and adjusted by the Retail Price Index which was published last month.

The new prices will be: £6.60 for cars and motor caravans, a rise of 10p, £13.20 for small goods vehicles and small buses, a rise of 10p and £19.80 for heavy goods vehicles and buses, a rise of 30p.

A statement from SRC said: “SRC amends the tolls at the start of each year in strict compliance with the Severn Bridges Act 1992. 

“The act sets down the precise method and base prices for setting toll levels and the adjustment to next year’s toll levels, like this year, is in accordance with RPI.

“The new toll levels are confirmed each year by a Parliamentary Order made in December which authorises SRC to adjust tolls to the revised levels.”

Earlier this year the subject of the Severn tolls came under scrutiny, with Monmouth MP David Davies demanding answers as to why motorists using the Severn crossings are being required to “help pay off an £88m UK Government debt when it has pocketed a £140m windfall.”

The currently privately owned bridges return to public ownership in 2018, and it is currently unclear what this will mean for drivers crossing the river after this time.