PLANS to cut tolls on the two Severn bridges, including scrapping them altogether overnight, are “not what the majority of road users want”, a pressure group has said.

Last week the UK government launched a consultation into a proposal to slash tolls on the two crossings.

The possibility of removing the tolls entirely between 10pm and 6am, when less than 10 per cent of daily traffic crosses both bridges, is also being considered.

But organiser of pressure group Campaign against Severn Tolls, or CAST, John Warman has said the overnight plans are “not what the majority road users want in Wales or in England”.

In a statement Cllr Warman, who is also mayor of Neath, said he believed the idea was being used as a “sweetener” to justify continuing the tolls during the day.

“CAST do not think that many haulage or business users or indeed the general motorist would alter their working cycles to take advantage of night free tolls,” he said.

“Haulage companies would have to alter the driving hours of their transport fleet and the proposal is a non-starter for many road users.”

Newport West MP Paul Flynn has also criticised the plans saying, once the bridges pass back into public ownership, expected to be late this year or early in 2018, the tolls should be scrapped entirely.

“At a stroke an injustice would end and the expense and psychological barrier to accessing Wales would be gone,” he said.

To take part in the consultation visit gov.uk/government/consultations/severn-crossingsproposed-toll-reductions.