London's expanding clean air zone sparks economy-vs-environment row

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The ring of cameras trained on London's roads to charge drivers of the most polluting vehicles 12.50 pounds ($16) a day is due to expand next month — and not everyone is happy about it.

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03 Jul 2023

If Mayor Sadiq Khan's plan goes ahead, London's Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) will become one of the world's largest to tackle air pollution, encompassing 5 million extra people in the capital's leafier and less-connected outer boroughs.

His plan — which echoes hundreds of others in place in traffic-choked cities across Europe — will be tested in the courts on Tuesday when local councils challenge the expansion, arguing due process was not followed, especially in how consultations were carried out.

The expansion has triggered a fierce debate across the city, pitching the mayor and health campaigners, who point to the environmental success of the initial ULEZ restrictions, against those who say they can't tolerate another economic hit at a time of soaring living costs.

Carl Cristina, a 44-year-old tree surgeon living just outside the boundary, says it will