Skip to main content
Banner image for Greenwich

Greenwich

Conservatives
Site logo

Main navigation

  • Home
  • About us
  • News
  • People
  • Contact
  • Get involved
  • Join
  • Your Views

Only a few days left to stop Sadiq Khan's ULEZ expansion

  • Tweet
Wednesday, 20 July, 2022
Stop Sadiq Khan's ULEZ expansion

There is just over a week left to stop Sadiq Khan's ULEZ expansion, which would see even more Greenwich residents and business owners with older vehicles charged £12.50 a day, despite the rising cost of living.

The Labour Mayor of London has proposed expanding the ULEZ charging zone to cover the whole of London from the current boundary, which follows the North and South Circulars.  This would mean a £12.50 daily charge for any vehicle driven anywhere in London that doesn't meet the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) standard - enforced by a vast network of cameras costing the taxpayer £200 million to install.

This week Greenwich Conservative councillors are proposing a motion at the Town Hall calling for Labour-run Greenwich Council to abandon its support for the expansion, formally oppose the Mayor of London's proposal in the current consultation, and request instead that the funds set aside for the project are used on "fairer and more effective ways" to improve air quality.

Councillor Matt Hartley, Leader of the Opposition, said: "The cost of living crisis is biting - and Sadiq Khan's answer is to penalise even more Greenwich residents with older cars.  If this new expansion goes ahead, his £12.50 daily charge will apply to non-ULEZ compliant vehicles driven anywhere in the borough - and not just inside the South Circular. 

"We must improve our air quality - but there are better ways to do this than expanding the ULEZ camera network, hitting even more people who cannot afford to replace their car - particularly in areas where there are poorer public transport links.  We need as many residents as possible to oppose these plans in Transport for London's consultation - and Labour councillors should stand up to the Mayor and oppose this scheme too."

Have your say in Transport for London's consultation before 29th July by clicking here and you can also - additionally - sign the London Conservatives petition against the proposal here.

You can read Conservative councillors' motion for Thursday night's Full Council meeting - as well as the Conservative Group's 23 written questions for the meeting - below.

 

 

Attachments

Attachment Size
Conservative Group motion - Proposed ULEZ expansion - July 2022 119.18 KB
Conservative Member Questions for July 2022 135.07 KB
  • Local News

You may also be interested in

matt hartley

Matt Hartley

Leader of the Conservative Council Group
Councillor for Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham

Matt is one of our two Conservative councillors for Mottingham, Coldharbour and New Eltham ward, and was first elected to Greenwich Council in 2014.  He spent five years as Leader of the Opposition between 2015 and 2020, and was the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Greenwich & Woolwic

Ulez

The Commonwealth, G7 and NATO Summits

The Commonwealth, G7 and NATO Summits

Monday, 4 July, 2022

Global Britain in Action: the Commonwealth, G7 & NATO Summits

Show only

  • Articles
  • Local News
  • National News
  • Reports
  • Westminster News

Greenwich Conservatives

Footer

  • About RSS
  • Accessibility
  • Cookies
  • Privacy
  • About us
  • Get involved
ConservativesPromoted by Roger Tester on behalf of Greenwich Conservatives, both of 74 Westmount Rd, London, SE9 1JE
Copyright 2022 Greenwich Conservatives. All rights reserved.
Powered by Bluetree