Workers coming into Glasgow from affluent suburbs that were once part of the city could be required to pay a congestion charge under possible plans…
Motorists coming into Glasgow from affluent suburbs that were once part of the city could be required to pay a congestion charge under possible plans by Scotland's largest local authority.
In the first year, there was a 37% increase in the number of passengers entering the congestion charging zone by bus during charging hours.A huge amount of people come into the city from the suburbs and use our services "Is that something you would do and then ring-fence the money so that it's spent specifically on the city centre to make [it] look better.
"I would be the first person to support Glasgow being a proper city region council," said Councillor Bell. "I am hugely passionate about Glasgow. I think this is the best city in the world. I keep saying to Humza Yousaf, this should be the capital city of an independentCouncillor Jon Molyneux, finance lead for the Green councillor group, said an amendment by the party committing the council to set up a cross-party working group on local revenue raising was passed on Thursday.
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