TfL LEZ plans criticised
Date: 04 July 2007
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) and the Road Haulage Association (RHA) have criticised Transport for London's (TfL) plan to test low emission zone (LEZ) vehicles for particulate matter but not for NOx, RoadTransport.com reports.
TfL is paying the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) nearly £288,000 a year to test the emissions from LGVs and work out how many old trucks already achieve LEZ standards.
The FTA claims that the process is flawed because some early Euro model trucks were better at getting rid of particulate matter, but nevertheless have worse NOx emissions (for which there is no LEZ standard).
Also unhappy is the RHA, which claims that the scheme is "questionable".
The group's director of policy, Jack Semple, said: "At the very least we need to have a phasing-in of enforcement, where operators can demonstrate they are in the process of trying to comply with a scheme for which they have been given inadequate notice."
London's new low emission zone will begin on February 4th next year. Its aim is to improve the air quality in the capital.
Its introduction and the methods used to test vehicles are a hot topic in the freight forwarding and logistics community.
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