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Ministers call into question the benefits of Low Emission Zones

02 March 2012
Spelman: ministers
Spelman: ministers "not complacent"

 

Ministers this week urged local authorities to carefully consider whether Low Emission Zones are cost-effective, warning that their implementation could be economically damaging and do little to improve air quality. 

The sceptical comments come in the Government’s response to a House of Commons environmental audit committee report on air quality.

The Government notes that  nitrogen oxides concentrations in many urban areas exceed EU limit values that were supposed to be...

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