Glasgow City Council has also been fined for breaching its own clean-air scheme, figures reveal.
The LEZ covers an area from the M8 motorway to the north and west of Glasgow, the River Clyde to the south, and the Saltmarket/High Street to the east.
This included two eight-tonne DAF trucks, a Skyking cherry picker, a Mercedes refrigeration van, 52 Ford Transit vans and 22 Vauxhall Corsa cars. It said £74,128 was spent in the two months from 1 June on hiring 50 vehicles for LEZ compliance purposes.Cars and light-goods vehicles face fines of up to £480 per day for repeated breaches of the rules, known as surcharging, with penalties of up to £960 for buses and HGVs.But in general petrol cars made before 2005 and diesels built before September 2014 are not allowed in the zone.However, nine were subsequently cancelled as the vehicles were found to be LEZ compliant.
"Everyone wants to improve air quality in our cities but it is high time council bosses started listening to people, businesses and charities over how low emission zones are being imposed."
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