To help clear up London’s air, the ULEZ is expanding from 29 August 2023 across all London boroughs, including Harrow.The ULEZ is applied to cars, motorcycles, vans and specialist vehicles (up to and including 3.5 tonnes) and minibuses (up to and including 5 tonnes).
If the vehicle doesn’t meet the ULEZ emission standards and isn’t exempt, a daily charge £12.50 is applied if driven inside the zone.
Most petrol vehicles under 16 years old or diesel vehicles under 6 years old already meet the emissions standards.
To monitor the implementation of the ULEZ, the TfL (Traffic for London) has started installing cameras, including in Harrow.
But Cllr Paul Osborn, leader of Harrow Council, seemingly under pressure, said: “We have not given permission for TfL to put up ULEZ cameras in Harrow, and have refused to cooperate with TfL in their installation. Part of our legal challenge against ULEZ expansion is to have the cameras removed. To date, we understand that the cameras have been installed on traffic lights, which are owned by TfL”.
Out of 32 London boroughs, Harrow is one of the five Conservative held London councils – Bexley, Bromley, Harrow and Hillingdon along with Surrey County Council – that is gone for a judicial review challenging the ULEZ expansion (eventually the judicial review was not successful, and £150,000 taxpayers money wasted).
The Judicial Review launched by the Conservative controlled London boroughs seems to be the revolt instigated by a Harrow Councillor Susan Hall who sits in the London assembly leading the GLA Conservatives group, gives a sense to have a needle for Sadiq Khan and misses no opportunity to attack him!!
Many big cities have ULEZ, including Birmingham and Glasgow, but of course don’t have a reason for the London like Tory led revolt against such an air clear up initiative.
[The Tory revolt against the ULEZ, London Mayor initiative, was apparently instigated by the Harrow Councillor Susan Hall, who at the time led the GLA Conservatives group and is in the habit of calling Mayor Khan “a disgrace”. Cllr Hall is well known for causing political chaos and confusion in Harrow!
Later, she stepped down from the post to stand as the Tory candidate in the London Mayor election 2024 but was badly rejected by Londoners]
Harrow Monitoring Group 
Hope the Great Leader of Harrow Council is aware that Sadick has been climbing the TFL poles & greasing them as he installs the ULEZ cameras on TFL gaslight or is it Traffic lights/cones starting with Pinner
(wonder why!)! No point in wasting taxpayers money & throwing it down the drain having already imposed a Council Tax rise on the hapless residents! God help us!
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