City leader’s ‘disaster’ alert on road pricing

U.K. – CONGESTION charging will be disastrous for Yorkshire unless the Government pays for alternatives to driving to work, a council leader warned yesterday.
Leeds Council leader Mark Harris said people would be forced to move to areas with better public transport or the region burdened with another tax

The Supertram was axed by the Department for Transport (DfT) over value-for-money fears last year and Dr Ladyman suggested politicians in Leeds stopped being realistic.

Dr Ladyman indicated it would be difficult for councils to access cash from the Government’s Transport Innovation Fund, which will provide huge sums, unless they consider road pricing.

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