Sadiq Khan ditches plans to charge non-electric cars driving into central London
Sadiq Khan has shelved plans to charge all non-electric cars driving into central London, it has emerged.
The Mayor of London had pledged to create a central London zone by 2025 that would “likely” impose an extra charge on any vehicle that produced emissions.
The plan was floated in his transport strategy, published in 2018, which was updated last year to focus on “the triple challenges of toxic air pollution, the climate emergency and traffic congestion”.
But the mayor’s office has now confirmed that the plan has been shelved, although councils in the capital will still be backed to bring in additional schemes.
A spokesman for Mr Khan told the Financial Times: “TfL continues to support boroughs who wish to implement zero emission zones in their local areas.”
They added: “The mayor is rolling out some of the most ambitious policies of any city in the world to clean up London’s air, including the expansion of the ultra-low emission zone, bringing cleaner air to 5 million more Londoners.”
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