Labour plan to introduce a city wide 20 mph speed limit.
They intend to scrap the current, LibDem backed, policy of applying the most appropriate speed limit to address the safety record of individual roads.
Instead of being able to focus enforcement action on roads with a proven accident record, under Labours scheme Police resources would be stretched to breaking point.
Labour Councillors have revived their idea of a “congestion charge”. It would mean drivers paying extra to access the City and is similar to the one introduced in London.However, unlike London, York doesn’t have an alternative like the “Tube”.
The move, which is promoted in a survey recently issued by the Council, has produced an angry reaction from traders, drivers and the Liberal Democrats. Spokesman Steve Galloway has condemned the tax as “unnecessary, ill-judged and likely to be highly damaging to the local economy. Customers and jobs will be lost to local competitor City’s like Leeds”. “What is needed is for more investment by the government in public transport and congestion relief. Instead Labour nationally gives priority to the south east while locally they are even opposing new off road cycle routes which could help to ease congestion”.
