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Clean Air Zone: Summer 2020

What is the clean air zone?

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Exemptions and additional support

More information about the Clean Air Zone

Information for taxis

Find information on how private hire and hackney carriage vehicles will be affected by the Clean Air Zone.

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Upgrading your car

Options available to you to avoid paying the CAZ charge

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Further information

Find out more about the journey to clean air

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Register an expression of interest

We plan to give some people more time to prepare for the CAZ with short term exemptions and support packages. Submit an expression of interest if you meet the conditions.

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26/11/2019

Birmingham’s busy roads increase risk of cancer, heart and lung disease

Living near a busy road in Birmingham can increase the risk of people developing a long term health condition, according to recent findings. …

Car Free School Streets are coming to Birmingham

A pioneering scheme that closes roads around schools to motorised traffic for up to an hour at the start and end of the school day is being piloted in…

Joint statement from Birmingham City Council and Leeds City Council regarding Clean Air Zone delays

The introduction of the UK’s first Clean Air Zones is to be significantly postponed due to a Government delay in delivering digital systems requ…

£15m, or 39%, of Clean Air Fund support earmarked for taxi drivers

Cllr Waseem Zaffar, cabinet member for transport and environment, explains why the city council has earmarked 39% of its Clean Air Fund support from g…

Birmingham’s busy roads increase risk of cancer, heart and lung disease

Living near a busy road in Birmingham can increase the risk of lung cancer by 4.1 percent and stunt children’s lung growth by 7.7 percent accord…
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