Congestion charging for cities would cost £500m
Plans to set up congestion charging in the major cities in England will cost £500 million, according to experts.
To introduce a charging scheme into cities like Leicester, Derby and Nottingham would need road improvements and a system in place to charge drivers, reports the Leicester and Mercury.
Council leaders in the city will meet to discuss the proposals and whether to submit a plan to the Department of Transport.
Leicester county council leader, David Parsons, said: “I think it is the responsible decision to make and I will say the county council would want to move to this next step.
He added: “Taking this decision does not mean we will certainly adopt a congestion charge.”
Ian Drummond, assistant director of transportation at Leicester county hall, said that the city had a lot of traffic and that information gathered so far had revealed the extent of this.
It has previously been said that a London style charging zone would be the best system for the cities.
The Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern has recently revealed that he is considering the introduction of a congestion charge in the country.
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