Congestion charges in Leicester....

kippers

Its just been announced that Leicester will be having a congestion charge if you drive into Leicester at peak times.

I live within 20 mins walk from Leicester...does anyone know how it will work? I obvously can't avoid this area so will i have to pay for every journey out in my car during these peak times even though i hardly go into Leicester city centre?

Does this mean we won't have visitors between peak times which i believe is between 4pm-7pm....does this mean if you have children and they go to play after school with friends that also live in the congestion zone, they have to walk home before 7pm to avoid the charge even though their friend could live a few miles away, but still in the zone?

I'm not trying to be negative, i just wondered if anyone knows how it works if you live in the congestion zone ie how does it work in London?

Will it also affect my house price as people may not want to live here?

rayday2

I think Kippers is worrying at costs of friend and family visiting her - places have people not just attractions.

kippers

Does no one know how it affects people who live within the congestion area?

Thank you Rayday2 for your reply and 'stapeley' i was under the impression this forum is to get help and advice....sharp replies like that are upsetting and no help at all and yes i am worrying about this.

Leixlip1

There's nothing on Leicester City Council's website about this and nothing on their consultations page. Why not speak to your local councillor or the City Council - I'm in contact with them on a regular basis through work and they always seem open and friendly.
Nothing wrong with Leicester...great market, cosmopolitan, good rugby team, good universities...........and no I don't live there.

stapeley

lighten up it may never happen .

Craftyscholar

stapeley wrote: »

:eek: I don,t really care sorry , I have absolutely no desire to vist Leicester at any time . Why would anyone want to vist Leicester ??????:eek:

So people should only post questions about things that interest/affect you??
If you don't care or have anything to say that would help leave the post alone.

ZTD

I would wait until they post a map of various things and more concrete plans. Smells like a "let's jump on the revenue bandwagon" kind of thing, without any real thought.

purpleivy

Kippers, best stay away from here, for the 'helpful' people here, you need to remember that something that you may perceive to be "funny" won't necessarily seem so to your target audience.

There's a paragraph or 2 on Forum Etiquette in the right hand box of all pages. In case you can't find it I quote:

Pls be nice to all MoneySavers. There's no such thing as a stupid question, and even if you disagree courtesy helps.

nrsql

If you live within the zone then you will probably be exempt - but visitors won't be if they live outside.
It'll probably be a daily charge not per trip - and if like London not at weekends.

compulsivespender79

stapeley wrote: »

:eek: I don,t really care sorry , I have absolutely no desire to vist Leicester at any time . Why would anyone want to vist Leicester ??????:eek:

That's a bit harsh stapeley - if it doesn't interest you then just don't get involved.

As for the congestion charge bit, sorry I live in Wolverhampton (which, stapeley, is probably worse than Leicester in your view, so I'll thank you to keep your opinion to yoursepf on this one), so no congestion charges here (yet!).

CSx

Mouth_of_Sauron

stapeley wrote: »

:eek: I don,t really care sorry , I have absolutely no desire to vist Leicester at any time . Why would anyone want to vist Leicester ??????:eek:

And where does the great Stapeley live? Is it somewhere that I would deign to visit?