Hi Roy
Just to let you know what I think about the Southampton clean air car charge. I think that these charges would kill the city’s trade for all small businesses commuting into the city. Also how much of an impact would this having less cars in the city have on air pollution? Surely seeing how much toxic smoke coming out of fawley refinany wouldn’t touch the pollution cause by cars..
Cars will mostly all be electric in the next 10-15 years also. Once this charge is on could get your house onitthat it would never go away. Just like itchen bridge charge was ment to go once it was played for?
It’s entirely disingenuous to extrapolate from a needed and limited policy (charging just taxis & lorries) in a polluted town centre and scaremonger with ‘where will it all end’. Rather than casting unsupported FUD around, it would be more constructive to contribute practical ideas or work collaboratively to solve this problem for the benefit of the residents of Southampton.
here here to Steve Jennings remarks….still I supose that the council have to get back their foolish spending somehow…bollards on Northen bridge to them
I don’t think we should pay to go into our own town, people struggle in this day and age without more things to pay, we pay for that bridge to get in we put petrol in our cars which is going up we have to pay council for parking the list goes on, so NO we should not….
It sounds like a typical Labour exercise that will cost note to operate than it will ever raise in fees.
The Labour Council are also dumbing down the councils staff, releasing those it can persuade to leave and hiring young people to take on Sensitive roles.
The Fostering teams have lost personnel, and gained recently qualified graduates who lack the experience their customers need to get a decent result.
Trevor Walden
10 September 2018 at 9:26 pm - Reply
There were no suggestions that private cars would be charged, not even sure delivery vans are targeted either.
HGV’s do need to get to the ferry docks for ferries to the Isle of White, but nearly all other HGV’s use the M271 link road.
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I don’t agree with this – we already pay enough to visit town – Itchen charges and then parking as well
Do you drive a lorry into town or take a taxi? If neither, then what don’t you agree with?
I don’t agree with trashing our economy and throwing hundreds or thousands of people out of work.
maybe it will encourage more people to walk or cycle
Hi Roy
Just to let you know what I think about the Southampton clean air car charge. I think that these charges would kill the city’s trade for all small businesses commuting into the city. Also how much of an impact would this having less cars in the city have on air pollution? Surely seeing how much toxic smoke coming out of fawley refinany wouldn’t touch the pollution cause by cars..
Cars will mostly all be electric in the next 10-15 years also. Once this charge is on could get your house onitthat it would never go away. Just like itchen bridge charge was ment to go once it was played for?
It’s entirely disingenuous to extrapolate from a needed and limited policy (charging just taxis & lorries) in a polluted town centre and scaremonger with ‘where will it all end’. Rather than casting unsupported FUD around, it would be more constructive to contribute practical ideas or work collaboratively to solve this problem for the benefit of the residents of Southampton.
The Council’s own Local Transport Plan refers to congestion charging for cars http://bit.ly/LTP4SCC page 57
here here to Steve Jennings remarks….still I supose that the council have to get back their foolish spending somehow…bollards on Northen bridge to them
I don’t think we should pay to go into our own town, people struggle in this day and age without more things to pay, we pay for that bridge to get in we put petrol in our cars which is going up we have to pay council for parking the list goes on, so NO we should not….
It sounds like a typical Labour exercise that will cost note to operate than it will ever raise in fees.
The Labour Council are also dumbing down the councils staff, releasing those it can persuade to leave and hiring young people to take on Sensitive roles.
The Fostering teams have lost personnel, and gained recently qualified graduates who lack the experience their customers need to get a decent result.
There were no suggestions that private cars would be charged, not even sure delivery vans are targeted either.
HGV’s do need to get to the ferry docks for ferries to the Isle of White, but nearly all other HGV’s use the M271 link road.
Actually there are plans. The Council’s own Local Transport Plan makes reference to congestion charging http://bit.ly/LTP4SCC page 57