Manchester Low Emission Zone

[Corky]

The Gmca have a 62% shareholding. It is spilt 29% for the outlying concils the rest for Manchester City Council. I wasn't talking about the 18 months of covid, they have taken profits out of the airport for years, long before covid, but not invested in the infrastructure.

The GMCA is completely separate from the 10 MBCs, it owns zero of the airport.

Each MBC has had their budget cut by over 50% in the last ten years, and any income would just go to help bridge the shortfall in respective MTFS.

Burnham has very little power compared to the GLA Mayor, and certainly no power to take money out of each LAs budget. He couldn't even get Stockport to be part of Places for Everyone.

If your budget was £1b 10 years ago, but now £500m a £5m or £10m dividend for each MBC didn't touch the sides.

 

[Blue Boy 63]

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Has this happened in Birmingham? We voted against this. How can they go against a public vote. Is there a certain time and then they do what they want? He will get voted out Burnham.
Thing is I never knew about this. Gone under the radar.
Manchester evening news has not reported it.

Yes it has . Coming to a city and town near you ! Clean air zones: Where will UK drivers pay for polluting? - BBC News

 

[Bluesince1979]

Yes it has . Coming to a city and town near you ! Clean air zones: Where will UK drivers pay for polluting? - BBC News

Nothing like the GM area though

 

[m7mcfc]

£10 everyday.

Anyone else seen these green signs? It's like they enforcing it by stealh. There has been no publicity about this.

 

[Bluesince1979]

Anyone else seen these green signs? It's like they enforcing it by stealh. There has been no publicity about this.

Pointed them out to my dad, he had no clue of it. He keeps ringing me now saying hes seen another 10 today :))

 

[silvathechihuahua]

Yeah i know.

trouble is, electric vans are miles (excuse the pun) from being any use for working everyday, the range just isnt there. And very cost prohibitive.
i appreciate over time both problems will be solved but we are years away

Anyone else seen these green signs? It's like they enforcing it by stealh. There has been no publicity about this.

I only found out the last week of December when one of the lads on site asked me if I had to get rid of my van and told me to type my ref in on the website

 

[m7mcfc]

I only found out the last week of December when one of the lads on site asked me if I had to get rid of my van and told me to type my ref in on the website

What's the website,?

 

[Bluesince1979]

What's the website,?

Enter the vehicle registration (number plate) | Drive in a clean air zone | GOV.UK

vehiclecheck.drive-clean-air-zone.service.gov.uk

 

[Bluesince1979]

I only found out the last week of December when one of the lads on site asked me if I had to get rid of my van and told me to type my ref in on the website

Burnham hasnt publicised it because it was heavily voted against a few years back.

 

[Blue Mist]

I have a 15 plate transporter in good nick that I have had for 5 years , I am 62 it would of seen me through to retirement . Doubt I could afford to buy the equivalent electric van & own it .
never really fancied leasing .

And that's the problem, for people not in the self employed sector it is easy to say 'get a new van its cheaper'. Fir many it's not.
For businesses that can afford it costs will be passed to us the consumer.