In message , Steve Peake
writes

From http://www.london.gov.uk

Statement from the Mayor
2-1-2004 002


The Mayor said:

"These stories are totally untrue. I have no proposal to extend the
congestion charge to the whole of London, nor to the suburbs, nor to town
centres like Bromley or Kingston, nor to main roads into or within London.

(Although of course he said in April that "We could do Heathrow more
quickly than west London, which has now slipped to Christmas 2005")

(snip)

Those loons from the standard have been trying to rubbish the CC since it
began, with very little luck.

According to the BBC yesterday, the suggestion came from TfL:

A TfL spokesman told BBC News Online: "This is just an idea at
the moment but we want to bring the benefits central London has
seen, as a result of congestion charging, to other areas of
London affected by heavy traffic."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3362683.stm

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Paul Terry