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October 2020 No. 8
FREE EVERY MONTH in Bear Flat, Oldfield Park and Widcombe New year date for city clean air zone
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Covid fears at universities Page 4 Rediscovering local shops Page 5
Temp mortuary not been used Page 10 Puzzles page Page 13 Library news Page 14
Action to stop boy racer menace - P3 VIRTUAL OPEN DAY
Bath’s clean air zone is set to be the first to launch outside of London after delays and rethinks in other cities. A start date is yet to be decided after it was pushed back from November but is likely to be as early as possible next year. Other cities have scrapped their clean air zone proposals in favour of other measures, or put their plans on hold because of the pandemic. The Bath CAZ will operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and will see charges of £100 per day for higher emission buses, coaches and HGVs; and £9 per day for higher emission taxis, private hire vehicles, minibuses, LGVs and vans (including private vans, campervans and pick-ups) to drive in the zone. Charges will not apply to private cars and motorbikes, regardless of their emissions. Traffic lights will be introduced at Queen Square to slow the flows of traffic and further reduce pollution.. Updating scrutiny panel members last month, transport manager Chris Major said: “We were due to go live in November. Due to Covid that’s been delayed. We’re looking for a date in the early part of 2021.”
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