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London zone set to grow
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TRANSPORT FOR LONDON (TfL) is contacting 65,000 businesses in the capital about plans to extend the congestion charge zone west into Kensington & Chelsea.
But the Freight Transport Association is strongly opposed to a scheme that charges commercial vehicles and it describes the plans as "premature".
TfL predicts the western extension would generate revenues of up to £50m a year, which would be spent on "further transport improvements in London". An initial consultation last year resulted in changes to the proposals, including ending the charging period half an hour earlier at 6pm.
The FTA says the charge already costs industry £160m a year and is viewed as a tax by operators travelling through central London.
PTA policy manager Louisa Bellee adds: -The proposal for a reduction in charging hours to 6pm is welcomed. but with the London Lorry Ban and conges tion charging it still means there is only a two-and-a-half-hour window for free of charge and unrestricted deliveries in the capital."
Gerry Shingleton,fleet manager at Feltham-based „T&M Attwood, says the extension will probably cost the firm "a couple of hundred a monthextra.
He reports: "London's been absolutely terrible over the past year and it's getting worse. We are not happy that it's coining in our direction as we sec no benefit."