Council chiefs have issued Low Emission Zone advice for Dundee’s drivers.
The information comes as signage on the major entry points to the zone is being erected.
To help the transition process, a two-year grace period has been introduced.
This means enforcement won’t begin for all vehicles until spring of 2024 and will give drivers, businesses and local people time to prepare.
An area inside the A991 inner-ring road will form the Low Emission Zone (LEZ).
The only vehicles allowed access are ones that meet the emission standards set out in the Low Emission Zone (Emission Standards, Exemptions and Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2021.
In essence his means that petrol cars and vans registered from 2006, diesel cars and vans registered from September 2015 and buses, coaches and HGVs registered from January 2013 will be eligible to access the LEZ.
Mark Flynn convener of Dundee City Council’s city development committee said: “Dundee’s LEZ will develop an environment that helps to promote more active and sustainable travel choices, contributes to the city’s ongoing transformational change and helps to promote Dundee as an inclusive and desirable place to live, invest, visit and learn.”
The LEZ will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week and be enforced through a network of automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras.
When enforcement starts in May 2024 there will be an initial penalty charge for all non-compliant vehicles entering the zone of £60, reduced by 50% if it is paid within 14 days.
The default penalty charges for LEZs have been set by the Scottish Government and are therefore consistent across the country.
Scottish Government ministers recently approved the details of each of the four Scottish LEZs, including Dundee.
Owners can check whether their vehicle is compliant here.
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