Mayor of London can install ULEZ cameras in Essex boroughs without their permission, government says
The Mayor of London has the power to install cameras for a planned expansion of ULEZ without permission from councils in Essex, the government has said. As the debate rages on over the planned expansion of the ultra low emission zone, a row as broken out between Transport for London and councils in Essex where […]
Sutton Council launches petition on ULEZ expansion
The Leader of Sutton Council, Councillor Ruth Dombey, has announced the council has launched a petition at a special meeting of all councillors on Monday 24 April to discuss the impact of ULEZ on the borough’s residents, businesses, suppliers and visitors. The council has been calling on the Mayor of London to halt his plans […]
ULEZ cameras being stolen across London
A number of Ultra Low Emissions Zone enforcement cameras have been stolen in London after protests against the expansion of the scheme. London’s Evening Standard newspaper reports Transport for London had already seen dozens of numberplate-reading cameras vandalised or covered up by people opposed to Mayor Sadiq Khan’s widening of the clean air zone to […]
Johnson says ULEZ expansion about money not air quality
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has claimed plans to expand London’s Ultra-Low Emissions Zone has nothing to do with air pollution, but instead designed to fill a black hole in Transport for London’s finanances. The expansion of ULEZ will mean a daily charge of £12.50 on non-compliant cars driving in all London boroughs, affecting around one […]
Councils’ ULEZ expansion challenge goes to High Court
Five councils opposed to the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone to cover the whole of London have won the right to challenge the validity of Mayor Sadiq Khan’s decision. Boroughs Bexley, Bromley, Hillingdon and Harrow, in addition to Surrey County Council, applied for a judicial review earlier this year, and judges have now […]
TfL uses “loophole” to install ULEZ cameras in Harrow
There’s been another twist in the feud between Harrow Council and Transport for London over the installation of cameras to enforce the widening of the Ultra Low Emission Zone to cover the whole of London. After Harrow Council was one of a number who refused to allow ULEZ cameras to be placed on its road […]
700,000 cars could be liable for ULEZ when zone expands
Nearly 700,000 car drivers in Greater London could be liable to pay the £12.50 Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) charge when the scheme expands in August 2023, a freedom of information request made by the RAC suggests. It says that, as of 22 February 2023, DVLA data shows a total of 691,559 licensed cars in the […]
Privacy campaigners complain about Met Police ULEZ camera usage
Concerns are being raised over plans to give London’s Metropolitan Police access to cameras set to be installed as part of his expansion of the ULEZ zone. The Telegraph says campaigning group Big Brother Watch is calling on Mayor Sadiq Khan to reverse the plans after Transport for London papers revealed the Met would be […]
ULEZ cameras “vandalised” in London
It’s reported several new cameras installed to enforce London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone have been vandalised in an apparent backlash against the expansion of the zone to the whole of London. The Telegraph says four cameras in Abbey Wood, Greenwich appear to have had their wires cut. Meanwhile a number of images emerging across social […]
London’s new ULEZ cameras could be used for wider road user charging
The new network of ANPR cameras being installed in London to monitor the expanded Ultra Low Emissions Zone could be used for pay-as-you-go driving charging in the future. The Telegraph says Mayor Sadiq Khan has asked TfL to look into developing a scheme which would use more “sophisticated technology” to charge road users. It says […]
