Cardiff Council looks set to consider bringing in a congestion charge. The council's cabinet will discuss a number of road payment schemes aimed at improving air quality and reducing congestion in the city at a meeting on Thursday, April 27.
These schemes include but are not limited to road user payments, congestion zones, clean air zones and workplace parking charges. A number of initiatives including £1 bus fares and the Cardiff Central to Pierhead Station tram would be implemented before any road user payment, which would not be estimated to happen until 2027 subject to approvals and law changes in Wales.
The leader of Cardiff Council, Cllr Huw Thomas, said: "We know our residents want action on climate change and they want the air their children and their loved ones breathe to be cleaner. We know residents want to see electric buses and taxis serve the city, to have new train/tram links and stations, to drive on better maintained roads, with safe cycling and walking routes.
