City pays a high price for not including charges

02 February 2007
 
Transport minister, Stephen Ladyman, told a business dinner in Leeds that the region missed out on funding because congestion charging was not included in its transport innovation fund (TIF) bid.
Attending the annual dinner of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce last week, the minister faced questions about a perceived lack of funding for the region. Ladyman told the audience of about 500 businessmen and women that Leeds City Council and the surrounding authorities missed out on funding because they did not submit ‘convincing’ TIF bids.
Ladyman made it clear in the run-up to the TIF bids submission date that he expected authorities to include road charging in their proposals. However, the minister was critical of the bid covering the Leeds region, as he had talked privately with local politicians. They had expressed an interest in congestion charging, but then publicly claimed they were not going ahead with it. Ladyman, who was booed and heckled by the audience as he spoke, told the dinner more thought about road pricing needed to be considered.
He said: ‘I don’t think everyone here has heard both sides of the story. ‘Unless we can get local authorities to face up to this issue, the region is going to get left behind – and it cannot afford to be. That is why I am prepared to come here and speak bluntly.’ Leeds’ Conservative-led council has said repeatedly it will not consider a congestion charging scheme.

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