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Inside Greater Manchestern 'clean air zone', owners of high-polluting, non-compliant, HGVs, buses, taxis, private hire vehicles, light goods vehicles and minibuses would have to pay a daily penalty.

A penalty of £100 for HGVs and buses, and £7.50 for taxis and private hire vehicles, would come into effect from 2021, followed by a £7.50 charge for vans and minibuses from 2023.

Compliant vehicles would have to comply with Euro 6 emissions regulation, which rules out most pre-2013 HGVs and pre-2016 diesel vans. There are currently 11,000 non-compliant HGVs and 77,000 non-compliant vans registered in Greater Manchester.

Private cars

Despite vocal opposition from some environment and community groups, private cars would be exempt. Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) explained that penalising the 285,000 non-compliant cars registered in the city region would not reduce air pollution levels any quicker, and would disproportionately affect the [removed, admin] deprived communities.

Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, said: “This is a balanced package of measures to clean up our air without punishing businesses or Forei ....... hmmmmm., ...... deprived communities.