don that was, in theory, supposed to stick air pollutants to the road. However in 2013, the scheme was deemed to have been an ineffectual waste of money- the author of a Greater London Authority( GLA) report on how London’ s illegal air pollution disproportionately affects deprived schools even accused Boris Johnson of burying the negative findings after the Guardian published a leaked version of the report last year.
We cannot claim that the government has ignored the issue since, the Mayor of London has launched a number of schemes to help fight air pollution in London in the coming years. They have introduced a number of measures to fight air pollution in London over the
17 coming years, including:
• A £ 10 toxicity charge applied to older and more polluting vehicles from October 2017- drivers could pay up to £ 21.50 at peak congestion
The world ' s first Ultra Low Emission Zone( ULEZ) is due to start in London in 2019, creating strict emission standards for diesel vehicles at all times in an attempt to reduce emissions by 50 percent in central London.
• London( and Paris) will both be launching a vehicle scoring system to show potential buyers the emission standards of cars on sale.
• Audits on primary schools in areas exceeding legal limits of NO2- £ 1 billion has been