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This is a new but related thread re the London Emission Zone (LEZ)
I do not wish to diminish the effects of the 2012 LEZ on non-residents but their plight is much less than Residents - whose options are a £3,000 conversion or £200 a day to move from outside one's home.
I want to coordinate responses by Residents affected, thus I am opening this new thread.
In particular I would like to hear from owners caught by the 2012 rules. That is MHs over 3.5t which are currently compliant (i.e. Euro III engines) but which will fail to comply by 2012 merely on the basis of being over 3.5t. (Under 3.5t they still comply)
Thanks for setting this up, we have sent our letter as advised on previous forum.
sorry to repeat but this is what we wrote
We are writing to you to bring to your attention to the LEZ and hope that you will address our issue with a matter of urgency.
We saved hard and bought a motorhome so that we and our children could enjoy time together as a family and see not only the lovely sites of this country but also to venture further a field.
We live few hundred yards from inside the lez, this means every time we move from our drive, we will have to pay £100 in and out, Even if we are not travelling into London which in two years we have never done.
Not only is the law retrospective, it is not measured on emissions as the public are led to believe, as for example the same motorhome as ours, registered in Oct 06, with the same emissions, engine etc will not have to pay, where as ours was registered in March 2006 is, everything the same so why are we being penalised.
Please don't advise us to get it converted, I am a nurse and my husband a postman and it took years for us to save for this and simply do not have the £3k+ to convert.
This is simple discrimination bureaucracy that makes no sense what's so ever.
We will be interested in your views and what action you will take.
Yours sincerely,
We hope others will write and with MHF support the decision will be overturned.... we will keep watching
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A friend spoke to Clean Diesel Technology yesterday and they passed their details to a local garage (Oxted) Bromley she had a long conversation and they could fit a unit now but if they wait until April they should have the aproved unit for their vans (under going TFL aproval testing) at a much reduced price and was quoted £1500 +vat and labour. which is £1000 saving on the next cheapest unit.
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Would it be possible for a moderator make this a sticky and add it to the motorhome chitchat forum so that it reaches a wider audience?It is a bit hidden away down here
Luckly enough i'm not affected, but only by 200 yds, it might be of some use when you ask your mp or that silly old sod boris why buses and taxis and trains don't get fined.
Thank you for your recent e-mail relating to the LEZ. I quite agree that it is unreasonable for vehicles in Outer London, which are contributing very little to Central London's poor air quality, to be faced with these charges.
Phase 3 of the LEZ implementation is an area that I feel very strongly about, and indeed I campaigned to get the initial implementation date postponed for the very reasons you highlighted.
In part due to the arguments made by the Conservative Group on the London Assembly, the Mayor extended the postponement of the LEZ Phase 3 to take into consideration the ongoing economic uncertainty. However, he is not in a position to drop the implementation completely as to do so would breach an agreement made with the EU about UK air quality. The UK government was facing significant fines from the EU for breaches of air quality targets agreed by the previous government. The London LEZ formed part of a plan which prevented those fines from being levied.
Whilst I understand and have sympathy with your frustration, it is at this stage impossible for the LEZ plans to be dropped completely. However, as other air quality improvement measures are introduced, I hope that the Mayor may be in a position to reconsider in the future.
I apologise that this is not the answer you would have hoped for, but can assure you that the Mayor will continue to look very carefully at this issue in the future.
Yours sincerely
Steve O'Connell
London Assembly Member
Croydon & Sutton
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