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60% C-CHARGE RISE ABOUT INCREASING REVENUE RATHER THAN REDUCING CONGESTION12.03.00am GMT Wed 1st Dec 2004 Commenting on the decision by Ken Livingstone to raise the Congestion Charge to £8, Lynne Featherstone, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly transport spokesperson and chair of the London Assembly Transport Committee said: "This price hike has nothing to do with reducing congestion but everything to do with raising a bob-or-two. "This large rise in the Congestion Charge is the price Londoners will have to pay for the Mayor's decision to extend the charging zone westwards into Kensington and Chelsea. His stubborn refusal to listen to reason lands us with a scheme that is bound to run at a loss with the £8 charge brought in to cover it. "The £8 charge will only be acceptable to Londoners if the Mayor gives us a better deal for it. It is time the Mayor stopped clobbering motorists who intend to pay the charge but miss the 10pm deadline and give them an extra day to pay. "The theatre and entertainments industry badly need the Congestion Charge to end at 5pm. The Mayor needs a serious re-think or he risks wrecking what has been a famously successful scheme." ENDS Notes to editor According to the Transport for London Board papers set to be discussed tomorrow, (Para 3.16) 'traffic levels since the second quarter of 2003/04 appear to have stabilised at a level some 6% higher than those seen after the introduction of the CCZ, but these are some 15% less than pre -congestion charging levels. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/downloads/pdf/agenda-1-dec-2004.pdf
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