Road Toll petition
Charlotte Leslie has launched a petition for Bristol people to approve any final decision of the Council to introduce a road-tax pilot.
There are arguments for congestion charging - reducing carbon emissions is a priority and at peak hours, Bristol is grid-locked. But charging people to use the roads while our public transport is so inadequate seems unfair. Until we have decent public transport, it is unlikely people will get out of their cars. Instead of reducing carbon emissions, it could simply push more traffic congestion out into areas of Bristol like Horfield, Henleaze, Stoke Bishop and Westbury-on-Trym, and make it even harder to park outside the Congestion Zone.Conservatives believe this is an issue for the people of Bristol to decide. Please sign our petition calling for a referendum on congestion charging.
“I/we oppose the introduction of a pilot scheme of congestion charging in Bristol without giving Bristol‘s citizens a referendum on the issue.”