Which English town or city was the first to introduce a congestion charge on 1 October 2002
Durham City congestion charge Durham City congestion charge The Durham City congestion charge was the first congestion charge to be introduced in the UK in October 2002. Durham County Council introduced the toll for drivers using 1,000-year-old Saddler Street in the city centre which stands on the peninsula above the River Wear. This is the only public access road leading to the World Heritage Site of Durham Cathedral and Durham Castle. It was mainly introduced to reduce traffic flow using the road. Prior to the introduction of the congestion charge around 3000 vehicles used the road on a daily basis. The narrow street, built
London congestion charge roads, which since June 2016 pay the full congestion charge. The T-charge (toxicity charge) was introduced from October 2017 for vehicles that do not meet . These older polluting vehicles pay an extra £10 charge on top of the congestion charge to drive within the Congestion Charge Zone. From April 2019, the T-charge will be replaced by the Ultra-Low Emission Zone, which will apply 24/7 to vehicles which do not meet the standards: Euro 4 for petrol vehicles, and Euro 6 or VI for diesel and large vehicles. From 2021, the ULEZ will be extended to the North and South