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A scaffolder has won a legal ruling that signs for London's Low Emission Zone - the sister scheme of Sadiq Khan's hated ULEZ - are not lawful.
Noel Willcox, 48, ran up fines of £11,500 for driving a company truck to and from a depot in Harefield, North West London.
Drivers at the wheel of highly polluting vans and HGVs must pay up to £300 a day under the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) or face huge penalties.
Mr Willcox, from Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, refused to pay and took his appeal to a tribunal, which ruled in his favour, saying Transport for London (TfL) signs for the LEZ were not 'authorised and lawful'.
He told the Sun: 'The Road Traffic Act states if there is a risk that motorists are going to be charged, you have to let them know.
Drivers at the wheel of highly polluting vans and HGVs must pay up to £300 a day under the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) or face huge penalties
It comes as the London Mayor's controversial expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone comes into effect from tomorrow
'But the low emission zone signs just say 'Lez' or 'Ulez Zone'. They don't make it clear about charges.'
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