C-charge - public meeting 1 October 2008

In the last week of the Mayor of Londons consultation on the western extension of the congestion zone (WEZ), residents flocked to Hammersmith Town Hall to have their say.

In a show of hands, the overwhelming majority of Hammersmith & Fulham (H&F) residents wanted to ditch the WEZ and gave the Mayor of London a real indication of how his capital-wide consultation could turn out.

The result tallies with an online poll run by the council earlier this year where, out of 553 votes cast, 79 per cent voted to remove the charge.

West Londoners are just the people the Mayor has said he particularly wants to hear from.

The £123 million scheme was launched in the face of major public opposition in February 2007.

The Mayor of London is expected to make a decision on the future of the WEZ before Christmas.

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