The charge is planned to tackle traffic around the airport, where a third runway has been approved Times Newspapers LtdA congestion charge could be imposed around Heathrow under plans to push millions of passengers out of their cars when the airport’s third runway is built. Motorists face being “fined” for driving on 81 miles of roads surrounding the west London hub as part of proposals to combat gridlock on roads and promote greener public transport. The charge — possibly mirroring the £11 per day charge in central London — will be implemented within a decade if levels of deadly nitrogen dioxide from car exhausts fail to drop within legal limits just north of the airport. It forms part of the proposals to tackle pollution in the area after the government’s decision to give the green light to a new northwest runway. It will allow…

Source: The Times November 11, 2016 17:04 UTC