A vehicle repair business took the council to court in a bid have the LEZ scheme suspended.
A last minute legal challenge against Glasgow's low emission zone has been thrown out by a judge.Patons Accident Repair Centre took the case to the Court of Session in Edinburgh in a bid have it suspended ahead of further court action.But a judge at the Court of Session refused the motion and said the balance of convenience lay heavily in favour of the local authority and granted it expenses following the hearing.
Four of those business previously joined Patons to propose a new boundary for the LEZ, but it was rejected by the council.Image source,Patons Accident Repair Centre estimated it would lose a third of its business when it could no longer repair older vehicles "With one in five Scots developing a lung condition like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in their lifetime, for them, this is a day to celebrate."The zone was conceived to tackle poor air quality, with many streets in Scotland regularly reaching harmful and illegal levels.
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