London congestion charge set to rise by 20% under TfL plans

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London Transport Authority has proposed to increase a 20 percent traffic charges and ends the discount of a resident for electric vehicles, the agency has said that the company will maintain the effects of the fit.

Under the proposal, which is subject to public advice, the standard conservation charge will increase from $ 18 per day from January 2 next year, currently from $ 15.

Planning will also eliminate 90 percent discount for drivers living in the Consciousness Charge Zone in Central London, unless they have pure EV.

Comes as the announcement Transportation for London The Coronavirus continued to try to recover its financial as a result of the traffic fall during the epidemic. A person close to the TFL said that the changes are expected to earn an additional $ 30 million by 2026.

TFL requires a number of short-term baleuts from previous conservative government and claimed it Chancellor Rahel Reeves Implement a new, long -term funding agreement for the organization in the June spending review.

The traffic jammed on Midnight London between 6pm and weekly holidays on Monday to Friday and weekly holidays, the traffic jam was made controversial after it was started in the 21st, but it has been acceptable since then. The charge was last raised in 2020.

The proposed changes include a change in the focus of cleaner vehicles, which all the EV charges exempt.

From January 2, the discount will be 50 percent for electric vans and heavy product vehicles and 25 percent for electric vehicles. It will then be reduced from March 2030 to 25 percent for the van and 12.5 percent for the vehicle.

The steps to charge EVS are the response to the intense increase in the number of national vehicles entering London, which reduces the effectiveness of the charge in the fight against traffic.

Transport Deputy Mayor Seb Dance said that TFL modeling has been suggested that an additional 2,220 vehicles will drive in the traffic charging zone on average the next year without any allegations for EVS.

“Keeping London running by reducing traffic is important for our city and our economy,” Dance said. “Since the introduction of the Congration Charge has been a huge success since the introduction of the charges, we must make sure it is suitable for the purpose.”

Conservative opposition to London’s labor-led administration has often attacked the role and expansion of the separate London Ultra-Lo emission area for vehicles under Mayor Sadiq Khan.

City Hall Conservatives did not immediately respond to any request for the comment.