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London LEZ plan will cost £200 a day
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TRANSPORT FOR LONDON (TfL) has been accused of a massive over-reaction in its bid to ban 'polluting HGVs and coaches from the capital.
TfL is proposing a raft of regulations to charge but the greenest CVs for entering its Low Emission Zone (LEZ). But cars, which cause most pollution, will not have to pay.
From 2008 operators whose trucks fail to meet Euro-3 may have to pay 5200 a day to enter the LEZ—or face fines of 1,000.
The zone would comprise all 33 London boroughs within the M25.
And it is not only firms delivering into the zone that would have to deal with the new regs: anyone with an operating centre inside the cordon will also have to ensure their vehicles are Euro-3 compliant.
Although most will meet the 2008 Euro-3 target, problems may arise in 2010 when Euro-4 comes into force.
lie Freight Transport Association points out that only 200,000 trucks will fall under the scope of the regs; it questions what benefits to air quality this will bring.
Louisa Perry, the ETA's London regional policy manager, says:"It's just more cost and more red-tape. We should be looking at a scheme that promotes best practice."