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Don't extend charge zone

Sep 12 2003

AS A member of the Kennington Association and a resident there, I would urge its general meeting on October 14 to reject the committee's proposals for a southward extension of the congestion charging zone(CCZ) into parts of Southwark, Lambeth and Wandsworth as far south as Coldharbour Lane and Acre Lane.

It may be the case that some residents and businesses in the heart of Kennington (around Kennington Cross) feel that their community has been split by the CCZ.

The answer to this is not to inflict further pain on even more people in Walworth, Camberwell, Brixton, Clapham and Battersea, but to lobby for the Thames to be made the southern boundary of the CCZ.

This would take the whole of South London out of the charging zone. As a Southwark councillor, it is clear to me that the Kennington Association's proposals would be contrary to the interests of residents and businesses in the area I am responsible for (along with 62 other councillors) and I would urge my colleagues not to support them.

Cllr Toby Eckersley,
Southwark

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