Bradford City Hall. COUNCILLORS have claimed Bradford’s taxi industry have been ignored when drawing up the District’s Clean Air Zone proposals.
Bradford Council will introduce a Clean Air Zone in January - meaning the most polluting vehicles will be charged to enter the city centre and areas of Shipley. Although private cars will be exempt, HGVs, vans and taxis will all have to meet certain emission standards if they want to avoid paying a daily charge (up to £50 per day for HGVs and £12.50 per day for taxis). At a meeting of the Council’s Regulatory and Appeals Committee on Thursday Councillors and officers got into a heated and at times fiery discussion about how much taxi drivers had been consulted on the plans.