Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee are introducing LEZs in order to improve air quality, with many older vehicles banned from city centres. Penalties for bringing a non-compliant vehicle into the LEZ will typically be set at £60, and halved to £30 if paid early.
Although the LEZs have formally already begun, the four cities have established different grace periods to allow users to get used to the shift. While Dundee will start enforcing the measure from 30 May 2024, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen will end the grace period for residents on 1 June 2024, with Glasgow already enforcing the measures for buses and other specific types of vehicles.
“Our air quality is generally good – but for too long air pollution has exceeded legal limits for health in our city centres as a consequence of unrestricted vehicle emissions,” said Scotland's Transport Minister Jenny Gilruth.
“We have a moral responsibility to act. Air pollution often disproportionally...