City Hall claim ULEZ expansion has improved air quality in London
City Hall has claimed the ULEZ expansion has improved air quality in London.
It says roadside pollution in outer London was down an average of 3.5% on what it would have been without Ulez in the six months after the zone was extended last August.
It says roadside pollution in outer London was down an average of 3.5% on what it would have been without Ulez in the six months after the zone was extended last August.
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00:00Expanding London's ultra-low emission zone has had a positive impact on air quality and
00:06reduced harmful emissions from cars and vans, according to a City Hall report. It says roadside
00:13pollution in outer London was down an average of 3.5% on what it would have been without
00:20EULES in the six months after the zone was extended last August.
00:25Carbon oxide emissions from cars are estimated to have reduced by 13% and from vans by 7%
00:32as drivers scrapped or cut down on driving their polluting vehicles. London's Mayor
00:38Sadiq Khan has claimed it was better than predicted, but the Tories said hundreds of
00:43millions of pounds had been spent on a minimal reduction in pollution. City Hall also claimed
00:49the reduction in emissions was equivalent to removing 200,000 cars from the road for
00:54one year. For more on this, head to londonworld.com