So who's next for congestion charging?

[cazzo]

From www.fleetnewsnet.co.uk/newshome/home_fullarticle/?articleid=29110&channelid=1

CONGESTION charging could spread to 35 major cities and local authorities if it succeeds in London.
Capita, the company managing the London scheme, has revealed annual charges for motorists could reach £1 billion as tolls are introduced throughout the UK. Areas expressing interest in congestion charging are:

Bath and north east Somerset
Bristol
Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
Cumbria
Derby
Derbyshire
Greater Manchester (10 authorities)
Hampshire
Isle of Wight
Leeds
Leicester
Milton Keynes
Nottingham
Reading
South Gloucestershire
Southampton
Staffordshire
Surrey
Warwickshire
West Midlands authorities (Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, Wolverhampton)
York

[rich 36]

Well, i am suprised.
Good old Northant county council have not (yet) gone with the flow, according to the above list.
Perhaps the revenue generated in conjunction with speed-sorry SAFETY CAMERAS, has swelled the already full coffers at county hall..

[Don]

I wrote to MP about this. I stated that if Congestion Charging was introduced in my home town he'd lose my vote. I suggest you all do the same. WRITE NOW!

[markqelise]

Heres a question,

Do MP's pay the charges on there cars and does Ken pay for using his limo

[gnomesmith]

markqelise said: Heres a question,

Do MP's pay the charges on there cars and does Ken pay for using his limo

MPs Yes, Mayor and Assembly Official cars containing Ken no, Ken doesn't pay the London Council tax payer makes that payment unless the cars are owned and operated by a registered private hire company who are exempt.

Should Ken Livingstone choose to drive his own car to work, unlikely though that scenario is, he would have to pay.



>> Edited by gnomesmith on Monday 3rd March 15:14

[Guy Humpage]

Traffic levels in Cambridge are now the same as 20 years ago. Just shows what a decent park and ride scheme can do, no need for complex cameras, just a few areas of tarmac on the edge of town.

www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/news.asp?sec=1&id=517646

[CarZee]

Don said: I wrote to MP about this. I stated that if Congestion Charging was introduced in my home town he'd lose my vote.

If I were him I'd call your bluff

I can't imagine our Mr Hunter would countenance such a measure in any case. Either way, he's finished in Basingstoke at the end of this term and he'll be replaced with a new wallah, which is good news for anyone who can get his ear.. if I were you (which evidently, I am not ) I'd be copying any letters to the local party chairman.

Edited to say that several times in the past three days, I've been held up by multiple cat pile-ups between my lounge and kitchen. I'm thinking of introducing a congestion charge in this zone during the hours of 7-10am and 5-11pm. I'll be exempt from the charge, but the cats will have to find some way to supplement their incomes or stay out of the zone

Edited again to remove the merest suggestion that Mrs CarZee's congestion charge would be tax deductible as she's a company vehicle..

>> Edited by CarZee (moderator) on Monday 3rd March 21:56

[zumbruk]

Milton Keynes? *What* congestion?

[P*Ting]

Surrey on the list. Well that's also the straw that broke the camels' back (for me anyway).

I'm DEFINATELY not staying here after graduation.

[JonRB]

Reading doesn't surprise me in the least. It has a fairly bad congestion problem anyway, which is why I drive to Blackwater station, take the train to Reading, and then walk the 30 secs to my client's offices opposite the station.

[FourWheelDrift]

zumbruk said: Milton Keynes? *What* congestion?

Beat me too it.

Perhaps they could spend more money on another white elephant like the "park & ride"!