A car lover has described the introduction of the Clean Air Zone in Bristol later this year as "absolutely ridiculous" and went as far as comparing the measures to a coronavirus lockdown.
Bristol City Council revealed last month that the CAZ is expected to launch in September. Designed to curb traffic air pollution, the Clean Air Zone will see drivers of older, more polluting vehicles - an estimated 75,000 a day - charged to enter an area of the city centre.
The council has previously said that it estimates that about three in 10 vehicles in Bristol will attract the charges, which were set at £9 for smaller vehicles and £100 a day for larger vehicles. It has also previously said that the city is under a legal duty to introduce a clean air zone to reduce toxic pollution caused by traffic in the shortest possible time.
