Scottish Government paves way for low-emission zones

January 28, 2015 Hayley Pink


 

The Scottish Government has launched a national low-emission strategy consultation, which could pave the way for London-style low emission zones within two years. Guidelines for potential LEZs in Scottish cities propose new diesel vehicles must be  Euro-6 compliant, with older vehicles retrofitted to bring them “as near to Euro-6 as possible”. FTA head of urban logistics policy Christopher Snelling said the timescales were “unusually short”, compared with the seven-year notice period the London LEZ will have provided by the time […]




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