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04/07/2005
London congestion charge increases
The congestion charge for motorists travelling through London has risen from £5 to £8 per day – an increase of more than 60%.
The road toll, which was introduced in February 2003, has helped reduce congestion in London.
However, the move has angered motorists’ groups and businesses. The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has presented a petition to the London Assembly, opposing the congestion charge rise.
Victoria Carson, the FPB’s Campaigns Officer, said the charge had already sent a “wrecking ball” into London’s small business community. Ms Carson said: “There is enormous anxiety that this hike is so steep that it will decimate trade and leave the area within the zone a ghost town.”
The RAC also expressed concerns over the rise in the congestion charge, claiming that motorists would see the charge as a method of merely raising more revenue, as opposed to reducing traffic.
Mayor Ken Livingstone said that the price hike could raise as much as £45 million extra, which could be used to help make improvements to public transport and continue to help reduce traffic congestion.
(KMcA/MB)
The road toll, which was introduced in February 2003, has helped reduce congestion in London.
However, the move has angered motorists’ groups and businesses. The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has presented a petition to the London Assembly, opposing the congestion charge rise.
Victoria Carson, the FPB’s Campaigns Officer, said the charge had already sent a “wrecking ball” into London’s small business community. Ms Carson said: “There is enormous anxiety that this hike is so steep that it will decimate trade and leave the area within the zone a ghost town.”
The RAC also expressed concerns over the rise in the congestion charge, claiming that motorists would see the charge as a method of merely raising more revenue, as opposed to reducing traffic.
Mayor Ken Livingstone said that the price hike could raise as much as £45 million extra, which could be used to help make improvements to public transport and continue to help reduce traffic congestion.
(KMcA/MB)
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