London mayoral candidates 'would scrap western C-charge zone'
Date: 15 January 2008
In good news for London's courier firms and owner drivers, Mayor Ken Livingstone's rivals have both pledged to scrap the western congestion charging zone if they win this year's mayoral elections.
Boris Johnson and Brian Paddick have both said they would stop charging courier drivers and other motorists to enter the western part of the C-charge zone, which covers Kensington and Notting Hill.
Some critics claim that the extended sections has caused traffic to increase in the central zone, because more residents are now entitled to a discount in central London.
Straw-haired Tory Boris Johnson told the BBC: "We need to have a fairer system, a system which makes use of better technology, and a system which doesn't penalise people who just nip in and out, while some people pay the same for going in eight or nine times a day."
Lib Dem hopeful Brian Paddick would also get rid of the westward zone, although he added that he may choose to increase the daily congestion charge in the city centre to £20, which would greatly impact courier companies and owner drivers with loads, such as backloads.
The mayoral elections will be held in May.
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