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The Mayor of London Boris Johnson opened a five-week consultation about the western extension zone of the Congestion Charge on 1 September.
Leaders of the Royal Borough are urging all residents to have their say and complete the Transport for London (TfL) questionnaire
As of Monday 19 February 2007, most of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is inside the extended congestion charge zone.
Read the Leader’s letter to the Mayor of London. [PDF file] (File size 65 Kb)
The Mayor of London extended the Congestion Charge into most of Kensington and Chelsea on 19 February 2007.
The Council has successfully negotiated a 90 per cent discount for all Royal Borough residents (including residents who live outside the enlarged congestion charge zone).
There is one charge for the new combined congestion charge zone.
If you are parked on a public road inside the zone, between the charging hours of 07:00 – 18:00 Monday to Friday, you have to pay the charge. Even if you do not move your vehicle. However if the vehicle is parked off the road (i.e. on private property), or in a registered resident’s parking space with a relevant permit and you do not move it, you do not have to pay. These rules apply to residents and visitors alike.
The enlarged zone covers most of the borough, west to the Earls Court One Way System, south to Chelsea Embankment and north to Harrow Road.
The Scheme is run by Transport for London (TfL) on behalf of the Mayor of London.
All residents of the Royal Borough, regardless of whether they live in or outside the western extension zone, are eligible for a 90 per cent residents’ discount.
The residents’ discount is available for weekly, monthly and annual payments. The daily resident discounted charge is 80 pence; this is paid at a minimum weekly charge of £4, a monthly charge of £16 and an annual charge of £201.60.
To apply for the residents’ discount please visit www.cclondon.com or telephone Transport for London (TfL) on 0845 900 1234 to receive an application form. You can also write to them at: Congestion Charging, PO Box 2982, Coventry CV7 8WR.
If your application is received by TfL prior to the 19 January 2007 you will not have to pay the £10 registration fee. Your discounted period starts immediately after TfL has received and processed your payment.
If you drive into the current congestion charge zone frequently, it may be worth starting your discount now.
If you seldom drive into the existing charge zone and want your charge period to start once the zone is extended, you can still register now. You can provide TfL with your weekly, monthly or annual payment once you decide to start driving in the charge area.
View congestion charge information leaflets from TfL.
The Council has carried out surveys that show traffic flows in the borough before the extension of the zone and it will repeat these surveys after the implementation of the scheme on the 19 February. The Council is monitoring flows inside and outside the zone and continuously analysing TfL’s own traffic counts. The Council has asked TfL to build new or improved pedestrian facilities and to make sure that, on the boundary roads, conditions for pedestrians are not made worse.
The Royal Borough has been monitoring air quality on the Earl’s Court Road since 2002. This gives the Council Officers a good starting point for assessing the effects of the congestion charge. The Council has been concerned for some time about the impact the extension will have on air quality on the boundary roads. TfL’s own modelling shows a predicted increase in pollution in places like Earl’s Court Road.
The Council already has extensive data on how full its parking bays are and will review the whole borough after the implementation of the congestion charge scheme to assess new levels of demand. It is thought that visitor bays will be less full during the week as motorists will be less willing to enter the zone. However, as the charge does not cover the weekend, there could be more pressure on these bays at the weekends.
The Council is the first local authority in London to introduce permit-only motorcycle bays, as demand for motorcycle parking has increased significantly since the introduction of the congestion charge in 2003. It is almost certain to continue to increase when the Congestion Charge Zone is extended.
The Council has started several green initiatives to mitigate the impact of congestion charging. Plans are in hand to create 99 dedicated parking bays for Car Club vehicles. Car clubs reduce parking pressure and congestion. To find out more about car clubs go to the Car Club page. The Council will also shortly be providing electrical vehicle charging points for public use in the Town Hall car park in Hornton Street.
The Council has long been pressing for more bus routes in the west of the borough that pass from the north to the south, and will continue to do so. Although TfL has increased bus provision, the Council believes that TfL has not gone far enough and that the changes do not address the long-standing problems of north to south movement in the west of the Royal Borough.
This is of particular importance as more and more people are likely to use the bus since the extension has come into force. Following the Council’s representations, TfL will be consulting on two new bus routes serving the north of the borough.
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