Gas guzzlers face more expensive parking
Author: Daily Telegraph - Jan 7, 2009
The move will see prices rise by some 25 per cent across the borough of Richmond-upon-Thames, and is expected to be followed by Town Halls across the country, as they try to persuade motorists to buy environmentally-friendlier cars. The Liberal Democrat-controlled authority was the first to vary the cost of residents’ parking permits according to a car’s carbon emissions, which saw some treble in price. At least a dozen authorities across the country – from Edinburgh to East Sussex - have introduced or are considering introducing similar punitive permit charges.
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