LOCAL authority chiefs had no proper legal justification to allow a “illegal” and “draconian” low emission zone scheme to operate in…
Local authority chiefs had no proper legal justification to allow a “illegal” and “draconian” low emission zone scheme to operate in Scotland’s largest city, a court has heard.He told the Court of Session on Tuesday that the local authority had failed to follow established legal tests before making its decision to introduce the LEZ, which covers Glasgow City centre.
Lord Davidson said that available data showed that air quality in the city centre had been improving in recent years and that this trend was set to continue.Lord Davidson said that Glasgow City Council’s decision to implement the scheme in the light of this available information was unlawful. The company’s director William Paton has previously spoken of how he commissioned a report by the Hilson Moran Institute to study the impact of the first phase of the LEZ for buses in the city centre which came into force in 2018.
"What stuck in our mind was that we were told if we got this to judicial review, we had a decent chance.Other critics of the scheme say the LEZ will have a detrimental impact on Glasgow’s economy. He told the Glasgow Times newspaper: “I believe this is a cynical stealth tax, levied by a failed and discredited administration, and which is aimed at and has a significantly disproportionate effect on poor, low-paid, hardworking families who are currently struggling to cope with an unprecedented increase in their cost of living.
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