Councillor steers clear of outright commitment to congestion charge

Last Saturday this paper reported under the headline, Congestion charge should be considered again says city chief, that this issue was once more on the agenda.

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It reported that the city’s transport convener, Labour councillor Stephen Jenkinson, said that he thought that it was something that the city council “should consider looking at” when asked about the prospect of a congestion charge being introduced in Edinburgh at a meeting organised by the Lothian cycling campaign group, Spokes.

Given that he was addressing a meeting of cycling enthusiasts he probably wanted to tell them something that they were happy to hear, but his words seem to be carefully chosen so as not to antagonise his audience, but were hardly a wholehearted commitment to strive for the charge’s introduction. So, no need for motorists to concern themselves - yet!