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Clean Air Zone set to be decided next week

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A decision is due on the controversial Clean Air Zone next week. On Friday, July 1, a committee will convene to discuss and vote on plans for a Clean Air Zone in Greater Manchester, in order to meet a government imposed deadline.

The proposals have been heavily altered over the past months following public protests about previous plans for a charging zone that extended across the city-region.

Mayor for Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham updated the Greater Manchester Combined Authority at a meeting this morning on the matter. READ MORE: Group supporting vulnerable young people excluded from school sets up shop at Stretford Mall He said: “A week today there will be a meeting of the Clean Air Committee and to fit to the deadline given by the government, the committee will be seeking to agree the proposal for a non-charging category B Clean Air Zone in Greater Manchester. “Following the extension of the two years negotiated, we have had the opportunity to fundamentally change the nature of the scheme.

I’m confident in reporting that the evidence backs up, completely, the proposal that we are making and we will be standing our ground behind that proposal. “The indication from the government is that they are still insisting on a smaller, charging, category C scheme, but our position is clear.

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