It a clean air
zone charge for vehicles that are the highest polluters.
nURSES, teachers, hospital patients and energency workers are among those who will initially be exempt from paying Birmingham's new Clean Air
Zone charge.
KEN Livingstone hammered 4x4 drivers with a pounds 25 congestion
zone charge yesterday and declared: "Polluters must pay."
As London planned an extra pounds 25-a-day congestion
zone charge for the 4x4s, other cities were considering similar clam-pdowns.
Hundreds of existing black cabs stand to be hit by the daily PS8 Clean Air
Zone charge from January 2020 with drivers arguing their livelihoods are at risk.
The late 2021 completion date will be almost two years after the Clean Air
Zone charge is introduced in January 2020.
Black cab drivers are gearing up for more demonstrations over fears a new Clean Air
Zone charge will force many of them off the road in 2020.
How about, instead of charging everybody the Clean Air
Zone charge, use that [pounds sterling]70 million, improve the X buses for better connectivity, and then put the rest of the money in to cleaning the buses that go into the city centre.
One glimmer of good news is that the Metro extension from Grand Central to Centenary Square is expected to be completed by the end of 2019 - before the Clean Air
Zone charge is introduced in January 2020.
Details of Clean Air
Zone charge for Birmingham revealed
JUNE Details of Clean Air
Zone charge for Birmingham revealed After months of headlines about a possible Clean Air Zone coming into force in Birmingham, firm details of the scheme were finally unveiled this month.
Police were made aware of the protest which is thought to be over the new clean air
zone charge set for Birmingham.