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Hauliers face £100 Bath Clean Air Zone charge ‘stealth tax’
Bath and North East Somerset Council has voted in favour of a £100 charge for non-Euro 6 HGVs entering the city’s Clean Air Zone.
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Clean Air Zone update 2020
Click here to go to the download page. The past few years has seen a steep rise in the prominence of environmental and air quality issues within the mainstream political agenda, both in the UK and globally. And road transport must play a core role in this environmental battle. However, are the strategies put in place by government to reduce harmful road emissions the right ones? Do they go far enough? And what will the impact on UK businesses be, […]
Clean Air Zone update 2020
The past few years has seen a steep rise in the prominence of environmental and air quality issues within the mainstream political agenda, both in the UK and globally. And road transport must play a core role in this environmental battle. However, are the strategies put in place by government to reduce harmful road emissions the right ones? Do they go far enough? And what will the impact on UK businesses be, particularly those targeted most by incoming emissions regulations […]
CLEAN AIR ROADSHOW
The Sheffield Clean Air Roadshow Sheffield City Council’s clean air zone is due to come into force in 2021. This will see a ‘category C’ charging clean air zone come into scope, which applies to buses, taxis, vans and HGVs. It is being put in place to bring the city’s harmful NO2 & NOx emissions within legal limits as soon as possible. The zone will cover the inner ring road and the city centre, including Park Square and the A61/Parkway […]
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HGV and van operators invited to free Sheffield Clean Air Roadshow on 17 March
If your operation will be affected by Sheffield’s Clean Air Zone (CAZ) plans, then make sure to put 17 March in your diary.
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Operators invited to free Edinburgh Clean Air Roadshow on 2 April
Need to find out more about Scottish low emission zones (LEZs)? Then put 2 April 2020 in your diary.
Clean Air Roadshows
Local authorities around the UK have been instructed by the UK government to explore if clean air zones would be an effective way to reduce harmful emissions in pollution hotspots. A clean air zone is described by the government as a defined geographic area where targeted action is taken to improve air quality. It can take the form of either a charging or non-charging scheme. In charging zones, HGVs and vans not meeting Euro-6 emissions standard for diesel and Euro-4 […]
CLEAN AIR ROADSHOW
The Scotland Clean Air Roadshow The Scottish Government has committed to introducing low-emission zones across major four cities by the end of 2020: Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Glasgow has already gone live with its zone, focusing firstly on buses with other vehicles brought into the scheme by 31 December 2022. Aberdeen, Dundee, and Edinburgh are also all pressing firmly ahead with their own schemes, expected to be in place by the end of the year. To explain how the […]
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‘Birmingham Clean Air Zone will put us out of business,’ claims local haulier
Birmingham City Council has reassured hauliers it will do all it can to help them comply with the city’s new Clean Air Zone (CAZ), which is due to be rolled out on 1 July 2020.
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Brexit will not see an end to clean air zones, government confirms
The government has stated that a no-deal Brexit would not see the repeal of legislation requiring the UK to introduce clean air zones to bring urban air quality up to EU standards.