Scrapping and giving a new region wide elected mayor council tax raising powers are included in talks over a , it has emerged.
The requests are included in a devolution bid sent to Government by the earlier this month.
Scrapping charges for the to ease congestion elsewhere in Birmingham and the Black Country has of regional transport bosses.
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Earlier this year, asked the owner Midlands Expressway to let HGVs use the road for nothing while roadworks were ongoing, saying it would take up to 10,000 lorries a day off the M6. But this was refused.
The impact of crashes on the M6, such as the one which gridlocked Birmingham’s road network this week
Until now the only brief details of the bid were released which included asking Government to devolve £8 billion transport and economic development investment.
Although the bid is confidential, details have been revealed by BBC Radio WM.
The leaders of the combined authority have already confirmed they are in talks with Government over establishing a regional elected mayor, which Government is likely to make a condition of any substantial devolution package.
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It has now been confirmed that the elected mayor may be given council tax raising powers to raise extra money to fund region wide services and developments.
Birmingham council leader Sir Albert Bore said: “The elected mayor has always been part of the bid - but we will not agree to it until, as I previously stated, the Government shows us the ‘colour of your money’.”
He said that negotiations are still very much ongoing and that West Midlands council officials are meeting with staff from the Treasury next week. He added that the powers of an elected mayor would be part of the discussions.
The outcome of negotiations are unlikely to be confirmed until after party conference season and will likely emergy during the Government’s autumn spending review.