London mayor scraps plan for 2025 zero-emission zone

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London mayor scraps plan for 2025 zero-emission zone
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A 2018 transport strategy had proposed a central London charge for all petrol and diesel vehicles.

A spokesperson for Sadiq Khan told BBC London the mayor was now focused on achieving net-zero emissions in the capital by 2030.

"The mayor is rolling out some of the most ambitious policies of any city in the world to clean up London's air, including the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone, bringing cleaner air to five million more Londoners," the spokesperson said.Image source,BBC London contacted councils in central London to ask if they had plans to introduce smaller zero-emission zones within their boroughs, supported by City Hall.

Camden Council and Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council said they currently had no plans in place to implement such an emissions scheme. Westminster, Hackney, Islington, Tower Hamlets, Southwark, Wandsworth and Lambeth councils have not yet responded to requests for comment., Beech Street in the City of London has so far been the only zone put in place.

The "traffic experiment" ran from March 2020 to September 2021 but ended once the temporary traffic order expired, the mayor said.

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