A Sign on Bromley Road Lewisham warning that Ultra Low Emission Zone will be expanded to cover the Inner London area within the N and S Circular Roads
The Ultra Low Emission Zone is a fee charged to the most polluting vehicles in Central London. Plans were laid out under Boris Johnson and introduced by Sadiq Khan in April 2019. It led to the number of the worst polluting vehicles dropping from 35,600 to 23,000 and a 20% reduction in emissions in Central London in the four months following its introduction. The zone will be expanded to cover the much wider Inner London area within the North and South Circular roads from 25 October 2021. The scheme charges vehicles which do not meet the following European emission standards: Euro 3 for motorbikes, Euro 4 for petrol vehicles or Euro 6 for diesel vehicles. he number of the worst polluting vehicles entering the zone each day dropped from 35,578, in March 2019, to 26,195 in April of the same year, after the charge was introduced.[8] The number further dropped to 23,054 in July 2019. The proportion of vehicles which complied with the standards rose from 61% in March 2019 to 74% in September 2019. It further rose to 85% in December 2020, including 90% for cars, and the number of non-compliant vehicles dropped to around 12,000 (of which 4,000 were exempt from the charges). The total number of vehicles entering Central London each day also dropped from over 102,000 in February 2017 to 89,000 in April 2019. The Ultra Low Emission Zone has been described as one of the most radical anti-pollution policies in the poll in April 2019 by YouGov found that 72% of Londoners supported using emissions charging to tackle both air pollution and congestion. However, the Federation of Small Businesses said that many small firms were "very worried about the future of their businesses" as a result of the "additional cost burden. The £ charge applies 24 hours a day every day of the year, and is based on European emission standards.
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Location: Bromley Road, Catford, Lewisham, London, UK
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