Boris Johnson's u-turn on axing western c-charge zone

Sir_Humphrey

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23747699-details/Boris+Johnson%27s+u-turn+on+axing+western+c-charge+zone/article.do

This is one of the first of many policies that will gradually reduce the deficit. I'm sure this will make Boris very popular with the people who voted for him.

As someone who voted for Ken, I am glad to see that his policy will not be reversed after all.

Sir_Humphrey

Seems to have gone quiet all of a sudden.

Any Boris fans care to comment?

He swings the axe at TfL and still he needs extra revenue. Quelle surprise.

purch

As someone who lives in Somerset I am all in favour of this.

In fact I think it should be extended to cover everywhere inside the North & South Circular.

mr_fishbulb

Bet he will drop this too - http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23612144-details/Commuters+hope+for+cheaper+tickets+from+fare+zone+review/article.do

inspector_monkfish

hahahaha poor old chelsea tractor drivers !!
however will they cope...

chucky

inspector_monkfish wrote: »

hahahaha poor old chelsea tractor drivers !!
however will they cope...

they cope better to be fair - they have less traffic and it's less busy.

i live withing this zone and i pay 80p per day to drive in the congestion charge zones compared to people paying £10 from outside the zone.

this was all Ken's stupid idea anyway - he wanted less traffic in London but then offered discounted "season tickets" for vehicles to come into London whenever they pleased.

inspector_monkfish

chucky wrote: »

they cope better to be fair - they have less traffic and it's less busy.

i live withing this zone and i pay 80p per day to drive in the congestion charge zones compared to people paying £10 from outside the zone.

this was all Ken's stupid idea anyway - he wanted less traffic in London but then offered discounted "season tickets" for vehicles to come into London whenever they pleased.

80p per day
absolute bargain !

chucky

inspector_monkfish wrote: »

80p per day
absolute bargain !

i know!!! you do have to pay a minimum of 5 days which is £4 but you get the choice of Monthly or Annual too. all makes sense and much cheaper.

that's City of Westminster - i'm not sure what the other boroughs charge. or how it works with them.

inspector_monkfish

nice deal!
costs me nothing to drive the Aston round the pleasant country lanes of essex

purch

costs me nothing to drive the Aston round the pleasant country lanes of essex

I knew you were an Essex boy.

I can just see you now.....at 06:45 in the morning, with the hoards at Fenchurch Street..........white socks and Asda carrier bag !!!!

JayScottGreenspan

Things can't be that tight can they? If only a Boris lookalike had played Carcetti in The Wire...

The c-charge extension was always a stupid idea. Expensive, bad for business, not wanted by residents. Most of the support for it seemed to be based on spite.

Doesn't affect me in the least, but you lot seem happy to revel in schadenfreude, so I suppose that's one positive.