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TRANSPORT FOR LONDON CONGESTION
CHARGE.
What is a Congestion Charge?
The Congestion Charge Scheme in London is enforced by Transport
for London and requires that any motorist, who uses or keeps a
vehicle on any road, within the Congestion Charge Zone during
its hours of operation, to purchase a ‘licence’ (a
Congestion Charge).
Payment of the daily charge of £8 allows you to enter,
drive around, and leave the charging zone as many times as you
wish, on that particular day. There are no tollbooths enabling
you to pay….instead you must pay to register your vehicle
number plate for your journey within the charging zone.There is no actual document or ticket that you need to place in your vehicle.
Since the 19th February 2007 when the Western Extension went "live" the new, enlarged Charging Zone now has a total of 287 fixed sites with 1,2226 cameras, with most sites having a combination of colour and mono cameras. The colour cameras are used to provide contextual images that are necessary for enforcement purposes with mono cameras being used by ANPR systems to interpret numberplates. These cameras will read your registration number as you
enter the charging zone and will check this against their database
to see whether you have paid or are exempt from paying the fee.
If this applies to your vehicle, your details are automatically
wiped of the database.
How do I pay for the Congestion Charge?
You can now pay the charge at £10 until midnight on the
next charging day after you have travelled in the zone. Charging
days are Monday to Friday, and exclude weekends, Bank Holidays and the three working days between Christmas
and New Year. This means that if you forget to pay the charge
on a Friday at £8, you can pay on Saturday, Sunday or until
midnight on the Monday at £10. Please visit the Transport
for London's web site www.cclondon.com for details on how to pay and the prices for weekly or monthly
tickets.
In order to avoid being issued with an unnecessary PCN, you need to be very careful to register your correct vehicle registration mark (VRM) and date of travel, and you should ensure that your retain your receipt number.
What happens if I fail to pay the Congestion
Charge?
If you have not paid the £8 daily charge by midnight on
the day of travel or the £10 charge by midnight on the next
charging day after driving in the zone, a £100 Penalty Charge
Notice (PCN) will be sent to the registered keeper or hirer of
the vehicle by post. In exactly the same way as parking tickets,
this amount is reduced to £50 if paid within 14 days.
The most effective way of making this payment is directly to Transport for London via the internet at www.cclondon.com. This links directly into Transport for London's system and will confirm the amount due to close the PCN. With so many items of post being either lost or delayed, this payment method is by far the simplest.
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