Meaning of congestion charge | Babel Free

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A charge made on the vehicles of road users who enter a designated zone where traffic congestion can occur, in order to discourage this congestion, typically in the centre of a large city.

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“In a paper published for an emergency finance committee meeting on May 12, TfL says it costs around £600 million a month to run⟳ its network, but that income has fallen by 90% since the lockdown began. As well as a decline⟳ in public transport⟳ revenue, London's congestion charge has been suspended to allow⟳ key workers to use⟳ the road network.”

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