London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone is due to expand next month, making it one of the world’s largest to tackle air pollution. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON – The ring of cameras trained on London’s roads to charge drivers of the most polluting vehicles £12.50 a day is due to expand next month – and not everyone is happy about it.
The expansion has triggered a fierce debate across the city, pitching the mayor and health campaigners, who point to the environmental success of the initial Ulez restrictions, against those who say they can’t tolerate another economic hit at a time of soaring living costs. He dismisses a scrappage scheme which could lower the cost of a replacement vehicle and says his only choice would be to pass the charge on to customers - something he believes would make him uncompetitive and cut his income in half.
Mr Khan, who is running for a third four-year term as London’s mayor, acknowledges the need for support - pointing to a £110 million scrappage scheme to subsidise the cost of a newer vehicle by £2,000, and a list of exemptions, including for disabled people. Less than a year away from a mayoral election, irate callers are lighting up the switchboards on the capital’s radio phone-ins. Public cameras installed to enforce Ulez have been vandalised. Other opponents have threatened disruptive protests.But Mr Khan, who was diagnosed with asthma and wrote a book this year on air pollution and climate change, says he is determined to face down his critics.
Ms Jemima Hartshorn, founder of campaign group Mums for Lungs and mother to an asthmatic daughter, has no doubts, saying it is often the poorest who suffer by living next to busy roads.
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