London haulage vehicles 'not ready for LEZ'
Date: 01 February 2008
An organisation which represents the interests of haulage firms across the UK has warned that many logistics vehicles may not be compliant with the London low emission zone (LEZ) when it becomes law next week.
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) said that it was worried that as many as 10,000 freight vehicles in and around London might not be ready for the new standards, which become legal on Monday (February 4th).
From this point, freight vehicles which do not meet the required low emission levels will have to pay £200 per day charge or a penalty of £1,000.
The FTA's head of policy for London, Gordon Telling, explained: "Londoners are entitled to cleaner air and all of us operating vehicles, whether they are cars, buses, taxis, or commercial vehicles, should do all we can to reduce emissions.
"However, this scheme achieves very little that would not have been achieved anyway as the result of enhanced EU engine standards."
Mr Telling said that it would have been better if the money spent on the London LEZ had been invested in grants or other incentives to encourage haulage firms to invest in more environmentally-sound logistics trucks.
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