Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Boris Johnson scraps £25 congestion charge plans
New London Mayor abandons toll increase
Boris Johnson, the newly-elected London Mayor, has axed proposals for a £25 per day congestion charge for the capital’s most polluting vehicles.
The plans, introduced by his predecessor Ken Livingstone, would have seen a hike from £8 per day to £25 per day for vehicles in Band G.
They also offered complete exemption from the charge for low-polluting vehicles in Band A and B. Johnson pledged to scrap the increase as part of his election campaign, backing it up with research from King's College, which showed that the new charge would increase CO2 emissions by encouraging an increase in car mileage.“I believe the proposal would actually have made congestion worse by allowing thousands of small cars in for free,” said Johnson. He added that abandoning the proposal would save Transport for London £10m
DATED: 09.07.08
FEED: MT
Boris Johnson, the newly-elected London Mayor, has axed proposals for a £25 per day congestion charge for the capital’s most polluting vehicles.
The plans, introduced by his predecessor Ken Livingstone, would have seen a hike from £8 per day to £25 per day for vehicles in Band G.
They also offered complete exemption from the charge for low-polluting vehicles in Band A and B. Johnson pledged to scrap the increase as part of his election campaign, backing it up with research from King's College, which showed that the new charge would increase CO2 emissions by encouraging an increase in car mileage.“I believe the proposal would actually have made congestion worse by allowing thousands of small cars in for free,” said Johnson. He added that abandoning the proposal would save Transport for London £10m
DATED: 09.07.08
FEED: MT
