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Public consultation opens for new Ultra Low Emission Zone

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Author: | Updated: 31 Oct 2014 10:14

Transport for London (TfL) has opened a public consultation into its new plans to create an Ultra Low Emission Zone in the capital.

Between now and the new year, the members of the public will be asked to give their views on plans to introduce fines for vehicles travelling through central London which do not meet a new emissions standards, governing their nitrogen oxide and particulates emission levels.

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Different standards would be applied to different vehicle classes such as vans, trucks and cars, but the Zone would be in place 24 hours a day, seven days a week from September 7, 2014 .

In addition, the new Ultra Low Emission Zone, expected to be introduced in 2020 would set additional requirements for buses and taxis. For example, taxis and minicabs would all need to be ‘zero emission’ capable (i.e. range-extended or plug-in hybrid) by 2018.

In addition all single decker buses operating in central London would be zero emission and all double deckers would be hybrid by 2020.

For diesel cars, the new zone would require them to meet the Euro 6 emission standard introduced just last month, while petrol cars would need to meet at least the Euro 4 standard introduced in 2006 in order to avoid the charge.

The zone would cover the same area as the current Congestion Charge Zone.

Those vehicles which did not meet a new emission standard would be eligible for a charge of £12.50 a day in order to be driven through central London, while heavy goods vehicles would be charged £100 a day.

The ULEZ consultation, runs until January 9, 2015 and is available at www.tfl.gov.uk/ultra-low-emission-zone.

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