Motorists using the M6 through Staffordshire and the West Midlands could pay up to £5 to avoid jams by using the motorway hard shoulder.
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Drivers in the West Midlands are the first in the country to use the hard shoulder on a busy motorway as part of a pilot scheme to ease traffic congestion. Motorists will now be directed to use the extra lane during peak times on an 11-mile stretch of the M42, south-east of Birmingham, through Worcestershire and Warwickshire.
