Road signs marking out the boundary of Edinburgh’s Low Emission Zone has begun ahead of its launch in June 2024.
The strategy will penalise the most polluting vehicles entering the city centre with a £60 penalty charge.
The rollout of signs forms part of the two-year grace period following the introduction of the 1.2 square mile city centre LEZ that was introduced in Edinburgh on 31 May 2022.
All non-compliant vehicles will be identified using automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras then checked with DVLA data to check if the vehicle meets the LEZ emission standards.
Transport and environment convener Scott Arthur met with contractors installing the warning signs near the meadows in Edinburgh’s south side, six months before the LEZ goes live next year.
The strategy will penalise the most polluting vehicles entering the city centre with a £60 penalty charge.
The rollout of signs forms part of the two-year grace period following the introduction of the 1.2 square mile city centre LEZ that was introduced in Edinburgh on 31 May 2022.
All non-compliant vehicles will be identified using automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras then checked with DVLA data to check if the vehicle meets the LEZ emission standards.
Transport and environment convener Scott Arthur met with contractors installing the warning signs near the meadows in Edinburgh’s south side, six months before the LEZ goes live next year.
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00:48 What we're doing today is we're putting a sign up for the low emission zone ahead of it going live in June next year.
00:54 I mean live in terms of enforcement.
00:56 And so really the sign going up is just a reminder to people that they have to start planning ahead if they've not got a compliant vehicle.
01:03 Now in terms of net zero, I don't think the low emission zone is going to have anything more than a marginal impact on our plans.
01:12 Because it's not really going to reduce the number of vehicles coming into the city centre significantly.
01:18 But what we will be doing is early next year we will be publishing plans for reducing through traffic in the city centre.
01:24 And I think that will make a significant contribution to our net zero plans.
01:28 And it will also make the city centre a much better place to visit and spend time.
01:33 And we'll do that whilst also supporting businesses and residents in the city centre who need to use their car.
01:39 We consulted last year and the public are open to working with the council on reducing traffic in the city centre.
01:46 Because too often I think the streets here are dominated by traffic and it makes it hard to move around.
01:53 So early next year we will bring forward these plans.
01:55 And it is about moving the city through that transition.
01:58 Cutting congestion, improving public transport, making it a better city to live in.
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