The Newcastle and Gateshead Clean Air Zone (CAZ), which will enter into force on 1 January 2023, will apply not only to the city centre but also to four bridges over the Tyne, warns a local newspaper.
By the beginning of October, a network of 43 signs and 38 cameras were already mounted in Newcastle at the entry points around the boundary of the Clean Air Zone to alert drivers. However, the charge, which will apply to buses, coaches, taxis, heavy goods vehicles and vans that do not meet the required emissions standards, will only apply from 2023.
CAZ will cover not only most of Newcastle city centre but as well as routes over the Tyne, Swing, High Level and Redheugh bridges.
The toll will not apply to Scotswood Bridge, the A1’s Blaydon Bridge or any of the Tyne crossings west of those, and drivers can also use the Tyne Tunnel to cross the river, although that involves paying a toll.
The fee will be £50 per day for HGVs, and £12.50 per day for vans.
The table below offers a basic guide as to which vehicles are likely to comply with the CAZ requirements.
for:
LGVs vehicles :
Vehicle registration date required to meet minimum emission standards :
*diesel - after September 2016
*petrol - after January 2006
Name of minimum emission standards :
*diesel - Euro 6
*petrol - Euro 4
.
HGVs vehicles:
Vehicle registration date required to meet minimum emission standards:
after 2014
Name of minimum emission standards
Euro VI
Published by: Peter Maďoran.
