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Congestion charging is on the agenda again for Edinburgh after council bosses refused to rule out bringing forward plans to help reduce traffic in the Capital – 14 years after the idea was rejected by the public.
You can see where this is going. First, low emission zone charges. Second, workplace parking levy. Third, congestion charging for all vehicles, including zero emissions vehicles. Fourth, a charging permit scheme to use public charging points. Fifth, continuation, and area extensions of the present parking permit scheme. Sixth, an extra “loading” on all council tax bands, where a property has private charging facilities, and parking. I am sure they will be cooking up many more schemes in the dark recesses of the city council to relieve people of their hard-earned money.
Rita Yunis
Great – let’s have a people’s vote on it. Once it is soundly defeated perhaps Cllrs Macinnes and Mcvey will resign, like David Begg did.
Brian Stewart
Oh dear, now we’ve got ineffective incompetent non-elected ‘managers’ who can’t even fix a few potholes, waffling away and making up policy on the hoof.
John Gailey
Does this council honestly believe the residents of Edinburgh will have changed their minds and support a congestion charge?
Ronnie Wood
Not accepting referendum results seems to be the theme at the moment. Come and visit Edinburgh. However, if you drive, then you are not welcome.
Graeme Mclachlan The plan was ridiculous. It would have turned certain streets just outside the centre into rat-runs. It would have decreased the quality of life in many places by directing and concentrating the traffic there. The council made no attempt to distinguish between the opposition to the congestion charge in itself and the opposition to that particular plan.
Karen Hartnup It would have turned the streets around where I live into a rat run, massively increasing the level of toxic fumes in the area, including the area around the local primary school. Not well thought out at all.
Gill Akhtar Does anybody remember voting for the trams? I’m assured that we did, but I don’t remember . . .
Douglas Mcintosh It’s just the same as London but they did congestion charge before the low emissions one. Not sure Edinburgh needs either.
Laine Gray Two cups of coffee per day could help you to live longer, according to new research.
Every six months someone comes out with coffee is good for you, then coffee is not good for you or we are drinking too much coffee or not enough. Let’s see . . . two cups of coffee a day, one glass of wine, two litres of water a day, a two-kilometre walk in the morning every day and I have to laugh at least three times a day. Well, it looks like I’m going to live forever but will be spending half of it in the toilet.
Paul Mcgillivray How big are the “cups”? I normally put away a pot, which is considered 12 cups or so.
Michael Watts
How many cups would you have to drink to live forever?
Bill Anderson
I grew up smelling Maxwell House every morning. Love the smell but hate the taste. Can smelling it count?
Roxanne G Rose
If all you’ve had was Maxwell House it’s no wonder you hate coffee.
Jeffrey Izzo