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Read more: Bristol Mayor referendum could be 'start of the conversation', says expert 'It would cost a lot of money for trades people to upgrade their vans so they will be charges that will be added to invoices. Prices for electric vehicles are absolutely horrendous. 'In the past, cars were a luxury good but they are not anymore - they are essential. We have got used to being free and it feels like, in a way, they are putting us in another lockdown. However, Justyna Kowalska is unhappy about the changes and said: 'For me, a car means freedom - I can go wherever I want. Read more: Calls for Mina Road in St Werburgh's to close to traffic to end 'rat run' It has also previously said that the city is under a legal duty to introduce a clean air zone to reduce toxic pollution caused by traffic in the shortest possible time.

The council has previously said that it estimates that about three in 10 vehicles in Bristol will attract the charges, which were set at ВЈ9 for smaller vehicles and ВЈ100 a day for larger vehicles.

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Designed to curb traffic air pollution, the Clean Air Zone will see drivers of older, more polluting vehicles - an estimated 75,000 a day - charged to enter an area of the city centre. A car lover has described the introduction of the Clean Air Zone in Bristol later this year as 'absolutely ridiculous' and went as far as comparing the measures to a coronavirus lockdown.Д«ristol City Council revealed last month that the CAZ is expected to launch in September.