Porsche FTW - London scraps £25 congestion charge
The battle over a proposed £25 Congestion Charge increase that would
have been socked to big, dirty vehicles entering London is over.
Porsche was the lead opponent of this fee increase, and announced the win on its Judicial Review website. I guess Porsche's huge PR campaign
worked. Back when Ken Livingstone, who came up with the £25 congestion
charge proposal, was still Mayor of London, the city announced that the majority was in favor of it. Porsche had other data.
The new mayor, Boris Johnson, was never in favor
of the new C-Charge, so it's not a huge surprise that it's been
scraped. He said he hopes the city will now institute a 'fairer and
more effective' Congestion Charge. The agency responsible for the
Congestion Charge, Transport for London, will now need to pay Porsche's
legal bills. Porsche has said it will donate the money to Skidz, an
anti-crime charity. h/t to TheRookie.
via autobloggreen

