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estimates that on an average day about 160,000 cars and 42,000 vans that use London’s roads would be liable for the £12.50 ULEZ fee.
Anyone travelling within the ULEZ in a vehicle that does not meet emissions standards will be liable to pay the charge, including people travelling in from Hertfordshire.Transport officials have said they hope the scheme will encourage tens of thousands of those drivers to switch to vehicles that comply with the minimum emissions standards or use other modes of getting around such as walking, cycling or public transport.
Diesel cars and vans can avoid the charge by being registered from 2016 whilst most petrol models registered from 2006 are exempt.Speaking of the decision to expand the , Mayor Khan said air pollution is making Londoners “sick from cradle to the grave” with illnesses such as cancer, lung disease, dementia and asthma.“The easy thing for me would have been to kick the can down the road.The mayor also said the rising cost of living was a “key consideration” in his decision on whether to implement the proposal, which was featured in a public consultation between May and July.
This led him to introduce measures such as a £110 million scrappage scheme to support Londoners on lower incomes, disabled people, small businesses and charities to scrap or retrofit their non-compliant vehicles.
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