Drivers were fined more than 60,000 times for failing to pay clean air zone charges in Bradford during its first six months of operation.
The Government ordered Bradford to set up the CAZ in 2020 due to long-standing concerns about harmful levels of air pollution. Zones have also been set up in cities such as Sheffield, Birmingham and Bath.warned it had “no legal authority” to go ahead with the project.
After several delays, a council official wrote to the Government in October 2021 and said the Clean Air Zone should be dropped, because the amount of nitrogen dioxide pollution on key roads was within the Government’s legal limit, following a significant reduction. In emails, obtained by a Freedom of Information request, he wrote: “If we were to continue to implement a CAZ having already achieved compliance and having evidence to show that compliance will be maintained, this exposes the council to legal challenge as the legal duty has now been met.”
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