I think there is a need to rethink CPZs.

It seems very regressive that somebody with a shiny £30-50K electric car gets to pay very little while those with an older/low value car have to pay a lot. The ULEZ has removed the older more polluting petrol and diesel vehicles while it is now known that electric cars spew out more equally toxic cyanide laced brake dust because of their heavier weight.

A lot of the commuter parking had disappeared but many people prefer one car blocking up a space for 8 hours with one set of pollution than 8 cars parking in the same space with 8 times the pollution.

All the sustainable measures sound really good, why don't they just put them in now as a lot of them pay for themselves or aren't expensive rather than tell people you will only get them if you agree a CPZ.


Slightly off topic, the Council should be looking at what they control. They own the Forest Hill swimming pool which generates an enormous amount of vehicle traffic mainly single or two person occupied cars which in many cases passes the windows of a school 5 metres from the road. Does the Climate Emergency not apply to the indirect pollution they generate?