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M25 weekend closure: drivers told to stick to diversion to avoid London Ulez charges | Infrastructure
Drivers tempted to bypass the official diversion for this weekend’s M25 motorway closure have been warned of potential ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) charges if they stray off course. The London orbital motorway is having its second ever planned closure, with a busy stretch in the south-west closed in both directions for works, potentially bringing long delays and congestion for thousands of drivers. National Highways has urged motorists to avoid travel if possible or stick to the official diversions. Drivers of non-Ulez-compliant vehicles entering the clean air zone will not be charged as long as they stay on the marked route, but will otherwise be liable for the £12.50 charge if they follow their satnav for an attempted shortcut. Only petrol vehicles more than 18 years old or diesels more than nine years old are normally liable for the charge, which was expanded to cover the whole of Greater London last year. The M25 will be closed in both directions between junctions nine and 10 in Surrey from 9pm on Friday until 6am on Monday while …
London mayoral election: How has Sadiq Khan's Ulez and other green policies helped the capital?
With just over a week to go until the mayoral election, the Standard continues its audit of Sadiq Khan by examining his record on the environment Source link
Khan’s ULEZ shambles: Driver handed fine for parking car in Manchester | UK | News
A driver has been handed a London ULEZ fine – despite never being within 100 miles of London. Motorists are being slapped with the penalty charges as camera blunders are incorrectly identifying cars as being within the UK capital’s Ultra Low Emission Zone, which is an attempt lead by the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to clear the city’s air of car pollution. In one case a car owner was sent a fine relating to non-payment of ULEZ for his Ford Mondeo when it was parked hundreds of miles away in Greater Manchester. Not only that – the car that had been photographed by Transport for London (TfL) was actually a Nissan SUV. Arthur Bailey, a retired designer from Greater Manchester explained that his son has been sent the penalty through the post. He told the Telegraph: “My son received a penalty charge from them with the registration number and correct details of his vehicle.” He added: “However the vehicle in the attached photograph, the ‘proof’ of the alleged crime, was clearly a completely different vehicle …
Nigel Farage in stitches as ULEZ protesters deploy ‘innovative’ tactic to thwart scheme | Politics | News
Nigel Farage was left in stitches by anti-ULEZ protesters using bat boxes to frustrate the scheme. The animal boxes have been spotted on camera poles in parts of London in an apparent bid to prevent devices from being installed or fixed. Bats are legally protected in Britain and it can be an offence to disturb them. Speaking on his GB News show, a laughing Mr Farage said: “Anti-ULEZ protesters have moved on to a new tactic and I have to say generally when I think about ULEZ you’ve never heard me support blade runners or anything like that because law breaking is not good. “But this one, probably is against the law, but I think it’s rather funny. Anti-ULEZ protesters have been putting bat boxes over the cameras. “Of course once a bat goes in there under Natural England’s rules you can’t do anything to disturb the bats.” The former UKIP leader went on: “Maybe I shouldn’t laugh but I do actually think it’s quite innovative and quite funny.” The bat boxes have been spotted …
Ulez helped London cut road pollution faster than rest of UK, report says | Air pollution
Sadiq Khan has hailed what he said was remarkable progress in improving London’s air quality under his tenure as mayor, after a study showed roadside pollutant levels falling faster in the city than elsewhere in the UK. The report, produced by the Greater London Authority (GLA) and Transport for London (TfL), said a good proportion of the improvement was the result of the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez), which was extended to all London boroughs last summer. The expansion of the clean air zone, which requires older and more polluting vehicles to pay a £12.50 daily charge, was fiercely opposed by the Tory central government, and even the Labour leader, Keir Starmer, asked Khan to reconsider the move. The Labour mayor is keen to push his environmental credentials before he stands for re-election in May seeking a third term, and amid criticism that his flagship infrastructure project, the Silvertown road tunnel under the Thames, could worsen air quality. The GLA/TfL report will provide valuable ammunition for Khan and Labour in making the case for the expanded …
TfL’s Ulez auto pay has turned out to be an auto fine | Money
In January, you recommended to a reader who had been chased for nonpayment of the London ultra-low emissions zone (Ulez) charge that they sign up for autopay – the system which automatically debits the charge from the user’s bank account. In September 2023, I received a fixed penalty charge as a result of driving in the, then unknown to me, Ulez area. At the time I was advised by Transport for London (TfL) to set up autopay to prevent it happening again, which I did. Despite not having driven in the zone since, I discovered in December that £700 had been taken from my bank account by TfL. When I eventually managed to speak to a TfL staff member about this, it emerged that it wasn’t my car that had triggered the charges. My car is a Mercedes, and the car that the system had mistaken for mine was an Audi with a similar number plate. I have since been told that the problem relates to the position of a screw on the Audi’s registration …
Anti-Ulez campaigners block ‘every camera’ in London borough
A small number of Ulez opponents prevented about 80 enforcement cameras recording the numberplates of vehicles that fail to comply with Sadiq Khan’s clean air zone. The protest, involving about 20 people, lasted for three hours in Sutton on Sunday afternoon. Signs were placed in front of the CCTV cameras to temporarily obstruct their view. A Met police spokesman said: “The protest passed peacefully and no arrests were made.” Up to 30 cameras in Sutton were thought to have been previously vandalised or removed by more militant campaigners. Kingsley Hamilton, of Action Against Unfair Ulez, claimed TfL was unable to enforce the Ulez across the south London borough for several hours yesterday. He told the Telegraph: “Every single camera in the borough is either deactivated or is being covered with a placard.” Further protests are planned at Biggin Hill on Saturday (February 17), Welling Corner in Bexley on February 20, Chequers Corner in Dagenham on February 24, at Hillingdon hospital for six days from February 25 and at Fiveways Waddon in Croydon on March 3. …
Sadiq Khan’s war on motorists will drive black cabs out of London, says Steve Tuckwell | Express Comment | Comment
Let this siink in! It was recently revealed that Sadiq Khan has gained £8.8 million from ULEZ fines in six weeks. This was made up of 97,786 fines, which do not include those who refuse to pay up. Many of the ULEZ fines are paid by the poorest drivers. One Londoner, on LBC told Khan “ULEZ has taken all my money. Now I don’t have anything’, another said she must ‘wait for pay day just to buy milk”. As I predicted, Khan’s response was to refer to his ULEZ scrappage scheme, which encourages purchasing a new car to prevent fines, but that only gives a Londoner just £2,000. Last year, according to Auto Trader data, the average cost of a diesel engine car that is ULEZ compliant is £11,996 more expensive than a non-compliant model at £7,995. Not only is Khan taxing the poorest in London, he’s also nearly making it impossible to drive in London. It was put to me in a recent interview that London is the slowest city in the world according …
Sadiq Khan urged to ‘own up’ over ‘dodgy’ ULEZ legal claims | Politics | News
Sadiq Khan has been ordered to end his ban on sending cars to help in the Ukraine war effort after his “dodgy” legal claims for not doing it were exposed as false. The London Mayor has been blasted by his Conservative rival Susan Hall over his refusal to send thousands of cars which have been deposited with his scrappage scheme for the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ). Mr Khan had claimed that he was unable to send the cars requested by President Zelensky and the Mayor of Kyiv which are desperately needed as Russia continues its onslaught on the country. But his reasons were exposed as fake by Department for Transport lawyers. Ms Hall described Khan’s legal arguments as “vague” and “dodgy”. She told Express.co.uk: “Sadiq Khan was caught out months ago, trying to resort to his old tricks as a former lawyer, throwing around sketchy legal arguments to dig himself out of a hole. “Except we now know there was no legal barrier, as I’ve said all along. “Sadiq needs to …