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Boris to bin London's C-charge extension
By Roger Brown BORIS JOHNSON plans to scrap the western extension of Central London's congestion charge zone.
The Mayor of London is starting legal procedures to remove the £8a-day charge (i7 for fleet vehicles) from most of Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea in the west of the capital for the spring of 2010.
It follows a five-week informal public consultation in which 67% of individual respondents and 86% of businesses stated they supported the removal of the western zone, launched in February 2007.
The consultation attracted nearly 28,000 responses.
Johnson says: "Londoners have spoken loud and clear, and the majority of people have said they would like the scheme scrapped."
A draft revision to the mayor's transport strategy reflecting his intention to remove the extension will be the subject of a 12-week statutory public consultation next summer.
Transport for London (TfL) will also need to carry out a separate formal consultation.
Jo Tanner, director of communications at the Freight Transport Association. adds: "This is a relief for businesses operating in London, although taken against last week's fuel duty bombshell the additional cost would have been a drop in the ocean.
"But what isn't clear is whether Boris's decision came as a result of Tory voters in West London or a genuine understanding of the impact it could have had on business" The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) says the move is an "important milestone" and urges the mayor to launch a "root and branch review of the original charging scheme-.