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Article: Leader Why congestion charges plan should be rejected
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- June 13, 2002
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THE citizens of Edinburgh have until 31 July to reply to a
consultation document launched yesterday by the city council,
proposing the introduction of a GBP 2-per-journey charge for cars
entering the city after 2006. The voters of Edinburgh will have
another opportunity to tell the Labour group on the council what they
think of this plan, at the municipal elections next May.
These "congestion charges" and the wider issue of how to resolve
the city's growing transport problems bid fair to dominate the local
political agenda until then - as well they should. For unless the
capital sorts out its transport agenda once and for all, instead of
the dither and delay that has characterised the ...