Cleaner Trucks To Cost Less In New HGV Levy Rules
Trucking|June 2018

From February 2019, trucks meeting the latest Euro 6 emissions standards will be eligible for a 10 per cent reduction in the cost of the HGV Road User Levy, according to new rules set out by the government.

Cleaner Trucks To Cost Less In New HGV Levy Rules

However, trucks that do not meet the latest emissions standards will have to pay 20 per cent more.

“We’re changing the HGV levy to encourage firms to phase out the most polluting lorries and bring in the cleanest ones,” said roads minister, Jesse Norman.

The HGV Road User Levy was introduced in 2014, and the government said when these new changes come into effect, more than half of UK vehicles will pay less.

However, the new rules have been branded as unfair to small and medium-sized operators by the Freight Transport Association (FTA), which argued they will be penalised.

This story is from the June 2018 edition of Trucking.

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