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Daily Record
Daily Record
National
Daniel Morrow

Scotland's low emission zones explained as new rules roll out to cities this week

A number of clean air zones will be enforced across Scotland’s cities over the coming years in a bid to tackle poor air quality.

Low emission zones - or LEZ - were implemented Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee this week following in the footsteps of Glasgow which applied the rules earlier.

All of the cities involved in the scheme say that this is due to “harmful nitrogen dioxide” being recorded in centres which do not meet “statutory objectives”.

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