Cardiff congestion charge deal nears completion

01 November 2006
 
Welsh politicians are close to completing a deal giving the go-ahead for the congestion charging scheme being prepared for Cardiff.
Senior members from various political parties and interest groups in both the city and the Welsh Assembly have agreed that no referendum would be necessary before work starts on the scheme.
Instead, it will be sufficient for the project to have been a main platform in the manifesto of the party which wins control of the city council in elections due in 2008.
This emerged during the congestion charging conference organised by the South East Wales Transport Alliance. The conference in Cardiff had heard how London had avoided the congestion charge referendum obstacle suffered by Edinburgh by relying purely on the double election success in mayoral elections obtained by Ken Livingstone on congestion charge platforms.
Welsh transport minister Andrew Davies  spoke of the ‘lessons to be learned from London. These included, he said, ‘public leadership, making clear where you will go’, plus the need for the development in advance of a clear public transport alternative to the car.
Mr Davies said his department was preparing Welsh regulations outlining how councils should proceed if they wanted to introduce congestion charging. He said a city’s agreement to congestion charging could be delivered by a manifesto commitment by the winning party rather than a referendum vote.
The city’s unitary council has reported that congestion charging in Cardiff is financially feasible.

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