A delivery group was established in September 2018 to lead the development of a Dundee Low Emission Zone.
The Dundee LEZ will contribute to the broader city objectives and the vision to create a healthy, vibrant and attractive city by protecting public health through improving air quality in Dundee and achieving air quality compliance for NO2, Particulate Matter (PM)10 and PM2.5.
Dundee's LEZ will develop an environment that helps to promote more active and sustainable travel choices, contributes to the city's ongoing transformational change and helps to promote Dundee as an inclusive and desirable place to live, invest, visit and learn.
In September 2019 a report identifying possible options for the Dundee LEZ to be put out for public consultation and stakeholder engagement was presented to Councillors (2.2MB PDF). This report included details of the process used to identify possible options. More than 1300 pople and organisations took part in this consultation exercise, with a report on the results of the consultation, plus an update on the progress of the project, was presented to Councillors in February 2020 (1.2MB PDF).
Coronavirus (Covid-19) has had a major impact on travelling behaviour and NO2 levels. Dundee City Council is working closely with Transport Scotland and the other three cities during the current crisis.
The indicative timeframe from the Scottish Government aims to introduce the LEZ by May 2022. The formal declaration of Dundee's LEZ will be followed by a grace period for enforcement of the LEZ restrictions so that people and businesses have time (if necessary) to change their vehicles or their journey patterns.
Dundee City Council has not yet decided how long any grace period will be, but the legislation includes that the grace period must:
- be at least 1 year and up to 4 years for non-residents and commercial vehicles;
- have allowance for up to 2 years' additional grace period for residents of the zone.