Birmingham City Council has paid more than £472,000 to itself in charges and fines after its own vehicles repeatedly breached the city’s Clean Air Zone (CAZ) rules.
Since the CAZ launched in the city centre in 2021, the council’s non-compliant fleet has triggered 3,262 daily charges and fines.
The majority of offending vehicles came from the waste department, despite the city enduring a year-long bin strike.
The council, which declared effective bankruptcy in 2023, admitted that one in eight of its vehicles still does not meet the zone’s emissions standards, with 142 non-compliant vehicles remaining under review.
A spokesperson said an extensive replacement programme had been completed across the waste, street cleansing and grounds fleet.
This article was originally published by LAPV.
