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Report of the Head of Environmental Development attached.

The report recommends the Board Member to agree the traffic regulation condition to support the bus based Low Energy Emission Zone (LEZ) for central Oxford from 1^st January 2014, and to authorise, for the City’s part, submission to the Traffic Commissioners.

The Board Member is also being recommended to ask the Head of Environmental Development to:-

(a)   Review the future emission standards for taxis and private hire vehicles, in line with the LEZ standards;

(b)Develop and maintain a database for the purpose of certifying    compliant vehicles, for as long as the TRC remains in force.

Report of the Head of Environmental Development submitted a report (previously circulated, now appended) recommending the Board Member a traffic regulation condition to support the bus based Low Energy Emission Zone for central Oxford from 1st January 2014, and to authorise, for the City’s part, submission to the Traffic Commissioners.

Resolved to:-

(1)   Support the application by the County Council to the Traffic Commissioner for a Traffic Regulation Condition to enforce the bus based Low Energy Zone, declared by the City Council in central Oxford from 1 January 2014;

(2)   Note that a similar report would be approved by the County Council following a meeting with the Office of the Traffic Commissioner;

(3)   Request the Head of Environmental Development to:-

(a) Review the future emission standards for taxis and private hire vehicles, in line with the Low Emission Zone standards.

(b) Develop and maintain a database for the purpose of certifying compliant vehicles, for as long as the Traffic Regulation Commissioner remains in force.