What Greater Manchester's new Clean Air Zone could look like... as some motorists could still face being charged

Transport bosses have set out what a new Clean Air Zone would look like if Greater Manchester is required to introduce daily charges for some vehicles. Local leaders insist they no longer want any charges but the government has told them to look at plans for charging certain vehicles in the city centre only.

It comes around a year after the controversial scheme to charge taxis, vans, buses and lorries across all of the city-region's roads - except for motorways - was put on hold following a public backlash. Since then, Greater Manchester has called for an 'investment-led approach' instead of charging any vehicles.

This means owners of vehicles which do not meet emissions standards would be offered funding for cleaner models, instead of paying daily penalties. Local authorities - who have been instructed to tackle illegal levels of pollution on the city-region's roads - put this new proposal to the government last summer.

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However, last month the government asked for more evidence to show that this approach would be the quickest way of cleaning up the air. This includes analysing the impact introducing charges only in the city centre would have.

This modelling data which will be used to compare the two approaches is now being prepared, but it will not be ready until the end of June. Mayor Andy Burnham has said that local leaders will still be calling for all Clean Air Zone charges to be scrapped, but he explained that it is now 'highly unlikely' that any charges would be introduced other than in parts of Manchester and Salford.

Transport bosses have now set out what the Clean Air Zone would look like if charges were imposed. The only area