Over the weekend Londoners removed ‘Red' Ken from office and voted in Blue Boris to be London's Mayor. But what does this change mean for London's HGV industry?
• Boris has stated he will halt the planned £25 a day congestion charge. This will be
a welcome relief for small businesses and families in the capital. Advantage HGV
spoke to Brian Gomez, a self employed heating engineer. ‘The threat of a £25 a day
Congestion Charge would have bankrupted me,' said Gomez, ‘I can't afford to buy a
new van, yet the old one would have cost me over £6,000 a year to visit customers
in London, I'm over the moon Ken's gone.'
• Mayor Johnson has also said he will review the Western extension of the Congestion
Charge - if this removed it will again provide blessed relief for the HGV and haulage
industry working in and delivering to the capital
• The LEZ also looks set to be reviewed - with a hope that the current draconian
punishments for HGV firms who can't afford the costly uprgrades, be scrapped
On a wider national level, the election results look set to benefit HGV drivers, firms and individual motorists across the UK.
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