Diesel vehicle drivers face higher Bath parking charges

Charging the most polluting vehicles to park Bath could raise £225,000 a year.

Parking fees due to come into effect in September will be set on a sliding scale according to a vehicle's emissions or engine size.

The emissions-based charges will apply to all diesel vehicles. The top rate will be for diesel vehicles producing more than 225g of CO2 per kilometre. Petrol vehicles that emit more than 131g of carbon dioxide per kilometre.

Electric vehicles and cleaner petrol cars will be...

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