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Ken plans to ban Euro 2 from London
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KEN LIVINGSTONE is to make the creation of a low-emission zone (LEZ) a key pledge in his fight to be re-elected as Mayor of London next month.
Details are not due to be announced until next week but he is expected to propose banning trucks with Euro-2 engines within the next three years unless they have been granted reduced pollution certificates.
This would effectively exclude a third of all trucks currently entering Greater London, according to a report that Livingstone commissioned along with the government (CM 17-23 July, 2003).
A spokesman for Livingstone says the creation of an LEZ, which would be the first in the country, would improve air quality and is one of six key election pledges to be made by Labour. Steven Norris, the Tory mayoral candidate,is committed to banning trucks from the congestion charging zone between 7am-10am in a bid to reduce jams in the capital. A spokesman says: "There will be a big programme of consultation on what constitutes a lorry in
terms of height and weight before the scheme is introduced."
Norris, the former directorgeneral of the Road Haulage Association, also plans to scrap congestion charging and maximise the use of road space with a raft of measures that include offering free school bus services to primary school children.
Liberal Democrat mayoral candidate Simon Hughes also backs the introduction of an LEZ but plans to make congestion charging more flexible for hauliers.
A spokesman for the Liberal Democrats says: "We would like to reduce the limit on fleet tickets from 15 to five vehicles and also allow businesses to check if their vehicles have been in the congestion zone each day so they can arrange payment to avoid being fined."