Congestion charge plan for city

Smidgey · 03-06-2008, 02:29 PM

It won't come to Edinburgh. Our council wanted Edinburgh to become the second city in the UK with a congestion charge - unluckily for them, they decided to have a city-wide referendum on the issue and were soundly defeated.

I don't think our council will have the guts to bring in a congestion charge for at least another decade or two.

bigred · 05-06-2008, 04:38 PM

That was the plan at first, maps came out for the 2nd phase which meant the M60 was the boundary.
The official maps have been nicely removed or hidden from Manchester Council site.

NoMoreEUSSR · 06-06-2008, 03:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smidgey

It won't come to Edinburgh. Our council wanted Edinburgh to become the second city in the UK with a congestion charge - unluckily for them, they decided to have a city-wide referendum on the issue and were soundly defeated.

(emphasis mine)

You mean there are still local councils with a shred of decency in them? *shocked*

03-06-2008, 02:29 PM	#11 (permalink)
Smidgey Uber Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 2,225 Party: Libertarian Party	It won't come to Edinburgh. Our council wanted Edinburgh to become the second city in the UK with a congestion charge - unluckily for them, they decided to have a city-wide referendum on the issue and were soundly defeated. I don't think our council will have the guts to bring in a congestion charge for at least another decade or two. __________________ How vain is man, who boasts in fight the valour of gigantic might! -Georg Friedrich Händel

05-06-2008, 04:38 PM	#12 (permalink)
bigred Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lancashire Posts: 100	That was the plan at first, maps came out for the 2nd phase which meant the M60 was the boundary. The official maps have been nicely removed or hidden from Manchester Council site. __________________ http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/MRI-Refund/

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