Plans to introduce a Clean Air Zone (CAZ) across Greater Manchester next year have been put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.
A public consultation on the long-delayed proposals, which would charge the most polluting vehicles using the region’s roads, was planned for summer 2021.
But the exercise has been postponed until the lockdown is lifted and the impact of COVID-19 on the local economy is better understood.
It is likely that the Clean Air Plan will look significantly different to the one proposed before the pandemic which sought £116m from the government.