<P> It was not until 1654 that road rates were introduced . However , the improvements offered by paid labour were offset by the rise in the use of wheeled vehicles greatly increasing wear to the road surfaces . The government reaction to this was to use legislation to limit the use of wheeled vehicles and also to regulate their construction . A vain hope that wider rims would be less damaging briefly led to carts with sixteen inch wheels . They did not cause ruts but neither did they roll and flatten the road as was hoped . </P>
<P> It was not until 1654 that road rates were introduced . However , the improvements offered by paid labour were offset by the rise in the use of wheeled vehicles greatly increasing wear to the road surfaces . The government reaction to this was to use legislation to limit the use of wheeled vehicles and also to regulate their construction . A vain hope that wider rims would be less damaging briefly led to carts with sixteen inch wheels . They did not cause ruts but neither did they roll and flatten the road as was hoped . </P>
when was the first toll road in england invented
when was the first toll road in england invented
1654
1654