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Go-slow protest over road charge
The proposed extension could come into force by February 2007
Up to 100 vehicles will take part in a go-slow protest over plans to expand the congestion charge into west London.
Protesters will gather at Addison Road in west Kensington at 1030 BST before driving into central London.
Their route will take them via Parliament Square, Embankment, the Strand, Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus and Regent Street.
Gordon Taylor, chairman of the West London Residents' Association, says there is anger over the extension.
Campaigners say the extension is unfair, saying only 5% of the roads covered in the extended zone suffer congestion.
Mayor's backing
They say drivers should pay for the use of congested roads only, rather than the camera system used in the existing congestion charge zone in central London.
Mayor Ken Livingstone last year gave his backing to the zone's extension, which would take it into the borough of Kensington & Chelsea.
Businesses there fear falling trade if the charge comes into force.
Everyone will get their opportunity to put any concerns forward to TfL and the mayor about the proposals
Transport for London (TfL)
If it is passed, the extension could be in place by February 2007 at the earliest, Transport for London (TfL).
A TfL spokesman said any public concerns about the extension would be taken into account.
"In the coming weeks there will be the start of full public consultation of the proposed western extension," he said.
"Everyone will get their opportunity to put any concerns forward to TfL and the mayor about the proposals."
In November a convoy of 25 cars travelled to the mayor's house in Cricklewood, north-west London, in a protest at the planned congestion charge extension.
Go-slow protest over road charge
The proposed extension could come into force by February 2007
Up to 100 vehicles will take part in a go-slow protest over plans to expand the congestion charge into west London.
Protesters will gather at Addison Road in west Kensington at 1030 BST before driving into central London.
Their route will take them via Parliament Square, Embankment, the Strand, Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus and Regent Street.
Gordon Taylor, chairman of the West London Residents' Association, says there is anger over the extension.
Campaigners say the extension is unfair, saying only 5% of the roads covered in the extended zone suffer congestion.
Mayor's backing
They say drivers should pay for the use of congested roads only, rather than the camera system used in the existing congestion charge zone in central London.
Mayor Ken Livingstone last year gave his backing to the zone's extension, which would take it into the borough of Kensington & Chelsea.
Businesses there fear falling trade if the charge comes into force.
Everyone will get their opportunity to put any concerns forward to TfL and the mayor about the proposals
Transport for London (TfL)
If it is passed, the extension could be in place by February 2007 at the earliest, Transport for London (TfL).
A TfL spokesman said any public concerns about the extension would be taken into account.
"In the coming weeks there will be the start of full public consultation of the proposed western extension," he said.
"Everyone will get their opportunity to put any concerns forward to TfL and the mayor about the proposals."
In November a convoy of 25 cars travelled to the mayor's house in Cricklewood, north-west London, in a protest at the planned congestion charge extension.
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