The government is reportedly planning to agree to a new toll road on the M4 in South Wales, but this is part of a multibillion-pound scheme of road upgrades in the UK.
According to the Times, the other upgrades include:
The government is poised to give consent to a new toll road around a particularly congested stretch of the M4 in South Wales as part of a wider project to upgrade roads, the Times reports (£).
It will become the second toll road in Britain - following the M6 in Staffordshire - and will run between junctions 23 and 29 of the M4 to relieve congestion on the outskirts of Newport.
The newspaper reports that the Chancellor will agree to guarantee loans for the building of the M4 relief road, but the devolved Welsh government will meet the cost - expected to be around £830 million.
This cost will be recouped at least partly through tolls. While the price of tolls is not known, the longer M6 Toll currently charges £5.50 for a car and £11 for a lorry on weekdays.
Traffic is easing and visibility has returned to normal on the M4 Eastbound between J47 A48 / A483 (Penllergaer/Swansea West Services) and J46 A48 / B4489 (Llangyfelach).
The M4 Eastbound entry slip road is partially blocked because of a broken down car at J37 A4229 (Pyle).
An accident in the Brynglas Tunnels in the early hours of this morning means the M4 Eastbound is closed near Newport.
The motorway's shut between Junctions 28 and 25A; Tredegar Park and the Grove Park Roundabout.
Traffic is queueing for around four miles back to J30 the A4232 at Cardiff Gate and on the A48(M) to J29a at St Mellons.
There's a diversion on the Southern Distributor Road where traffic's very heavy.
Police say they hope to re-open the motorway by 9am.
There are major problems on the M4 near Newport.
An accident just after 3am in the Brynglas Tunnel means it's closed Eastbound between Tredegar Park and the Grove Park Roundabout, that's Junctions 28 to 25A.
Traffic's queueing for two miles back to the A48M.
There's already heavy traffic on the diversion route: via the A48 Southern Distributor road, to rejoin the Eastbound M4 at J24.
An accident in the Brynglas Tunnel has closed the M4 Eastbound between Malpas Road and the Newport/Grove Park Roundabout, that's between Junctions 26 and 25A.
It happened just after 3am and is thought to involve a single vehicle.
Police say they hope to re-open the carriageway at 9am.
There's a diversion onto the A48 Southern Distributor, over the bridge in Newport and back up to rejoin the M4 at J24.
The M4 is closed Eastbound after an accident between J26 A4051 (Malpas Road) and J25A A4042 / B4596 (Newport/Grove Park Roundabout).
One lane is closed on the M4 Second Severn Crossing Westbound between the M4 J22 / M49 and J23 M48.
One lane is closed on the M4 Second Severn Crossing Westbound between the M4 J22 / M49 and J23 M48.
