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GREEN MEANS GO


CABBIES FACING FINANCIAL CRISIS WARN THEY WON’T MEET GLASGOW’S LOW EMISSION ZONE


Calls have been made for Low Emission Zone (LEZ) relief for Glasgow’s cabbies to meet the standards. According to the Glasgow Times, Unite Scotland’s Cab Section has pleaded with Glasgow City Council and the Scottish Government to extend the deadline by four years. Branch Secretary, Steven Grant, has warned that cabbies will be unable to meet the deadline of June 2023. He said: “We have lost 18 months of trade to the pandemic with drivers losing out on money that would have been invested in new vehicles. “If you factor in the fact that 75% of hackney cabs are currently non-


compliant, there is no way they will be able to meet the deadline for 2023.” LEZ phase two will require all vehicles entering the city centre to meet Euro 4 and Euro 6 emission regulations. Unite argues that an extended deadline will allow the EV market to improve. Steven said: “The LEZ doesn’t address CO2


emissions, which is the focus of


climate emergency. It primarily focuses on NOx emissions. Allowing extra time to transition to EVs rather than taking on new diesel ones, is a long-term benefit for the climate emergency.” Tory group leader, Thomas Kerr, wrote a letter to the City Convener for Sustain- ability and Carbon Reduction, Cllr Anna


Richardson, stating: “I’m calling on the SNP in Glasgow to bring some relief to our taxi drivers and extend the amount of time they have to make this transition. This will also allow the used electric taxi market to mature and charging infrastructure to catch up.” Meanwhile, interest-free loans of up to £120,000 have been made available by Energy Saving Trust to enable owners and operators of hackneys to replace vehicles over eight years with new, effi- cient models. However, Unite claims that drivers will be deterred from applying for them due to debts accumulated during the lockdowns.


SHEFFIELD CITY CENTRE CLEAN AIR ZONE APPROVED AS COUNCIL SETS OUT POLLUTION PLAN


Leading councillors approved plans for a Clean Air Zone that will see the most polluting vehicles pay a daily charge to access Sheffield city centre. The council has adopted a Category C CAZ. This means the most polluting buses, taxis, vans, coaches and lorries will pay a charge to enter the city. Before the zone is introduced, a second citywide consultation will take place in November. This will focus on packages of support to help local businesses and taxi drivers reduce their emissions. This support includes grants and loans for retrofits to existing vehicles or towards the cost of a replacement vehicle. The boundary of the zone covers the city centre and the inner ring road. The vehicles that will be charged are: • Buses, taxis, vans, lorries and coaches which do not meet the Euro 6 diesel or Euro 4 petrol emissions standard will be charged.


• Private cars and motorbikes will not be charged.


• The previous standard for taxis will be NOVEMBER 2021


lowered. PHVs and hackney carriages no longer need to be Ultra Low Emissions and can be Euro 6 Diesel or Euro 4 Petrol.


Vehicles that do not meet these standards will be charged: • £10 per day for LGVs and taxis/PHVs • £50 per day for coaches, buses, HGVs The government has awarded Sheffield City Council £20 million to help people upgrade to compliant vehicles. The support on offer includes: • Hackney carriages: Up to £10,000 grant or interest-free loan to upgrade


to a WAV


• PHVs: Up to £3,000 grant or interest- free loan


• Local bus and coach operators: up to £16,000 grant


Only one financial support package will be available per vehicle. This is not a complete list of the support available. The support packages will be open for consultation to enable feed back to help shape them. There are national exemptions to the charge with local exemptions being open to consutation.


PORTSMOUTH CAZ TO LAUNCH ON 29 NOVEMBER 2021


At Portsmouth City Council’s October cabinet meeting a recommendation was made to councillors that the Portsmouth CAZ is approved and charging of non-compliant vehicles will begin on 29 November 2021. Buses, coaches, taxis, PHVs and heavy goods vehicles which do not meet euro 6 standards (diesel) or euro 4 standard (petrol) will be charged. Vans and private cars will not be charged in Portsmouth, no matter how old. You can check if you’ll be charged at: https://www.gov.uk/clean-air-zones


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