What is Edinburgh's new low emission zone (LEZ) and what will it mean for car owners?
To cut harmful nitrogen dioxide emissions from traffic which particularly affect children, elderly people and those with heart and lung conditions. Sign up to our daily newsletter The i newsletter cut through the noise Sign up Thanks for signing up! Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting...  To reduce greenhouse gas emissions. South Bridge in Edinburgh's Old Town would be part of the low emission zone. All motor vehicles except motorcycles and mopeds. Petrol cars and vans registered since January 2006, which have the latest Euro 4 engines  The proposed low emission zone in Edinburgh city centre. Picture: City of Edinburgh Council  Diesel cars and vans registered since September 2015, which have the latest Euro 6 engines  Buses, coaches and lorries with Euro VI engines. The city centre, including the Old Town and original New Town. The boundaries (which are not included in the LEZ) are Queen Street, York Place, Greenside Row, Regent Road, Abbeymount, Abbeyhill, Horse Wynd, Queens Drive, Holyrood Gait, Holyrood Road, Pleasance, St Leonards Street, Dalkeith Road, East Preston Street, West Preston Street, Summerhall Place, Summerhall Square, Summerhall Crescent, Melville Drive, Brougham Place, Brougham Street, Earl Grey Street, Morrison Street, Dewar Place, Torphichen Street, Palmerston Place, Chester Street, Drumsheugh Gardens, Randolph Crescent, Great Stuart Street, Ainslie Place and St Colme Street. 60, but 30 if paid within 30 days. The penalty would roughly double for subsequent contraventions within a 90-day period up to 420 for cars and vans and 900 for lorries. Non-compliant vehicles would be detected by cameras. Around 16,000 diesel cars, or 22 per cent of the total, the council said. Up to 24 per cent of lorries, 40 per cent of buses and coaches, and 52 per cent of vans, according to council traffic surveys in February 2020. The city council said Lothian the citys main bus operator, was committed to making all its vehicles compliant by the end of this year. The council said this would have limited impact. The councils transport and environment committee is due to decide whether to proceed with the scheme on Thursday June 17. If it is approved, a 12-week public consultation would follow. The results would be reported to the committee in the autumn before a statutory process to introduce the LEZ begins to implement the scheme in spring 2022. Yes  Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee, also by 2022, with same vehicle engine types. Glasgows is the only LEZ already in force, where non-compliant buses have been progressively prohibited from the city centre since 2018. All other non-compliant vehicles will be barred from June 2022, with a year-long grace period before enforcement from June 2023, and a year later for residents. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said measures to scrap older vehicles faster were important, but significant support was required to prevent undermining the market. A message from the Editor:  Thank you for reading this article. We're more reliant on your support than ever as the shift in consumer habits brought about by coronavirus impacts our advertisers.