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Livingstone goes for compromise to turn dream into reality
Pay-to-drive works Stuart Millar, technology correspondent Saturday July 14, 2001 The Guardian After 40 years of chicken-and-egg debate, few Britons believed they would ever see it in their lifetimes. But like colour television and a man walking on the moon, congestion charging is set to become reality. But a full two years before it goes live, Ken Livingstone's ambitious plan to charge drivers ¡ê5 to bring their vehicles into central London on weekdays has already divided the capital. The implications of Livingstone's plan which was announced less than a week ago stretch far beyond the metropolis. Across the country, big city authorities, struggling through their own congestion conundrums, are watching |
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