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Scottish government to reopen Low Emission Zone Support Fund for 2025-26

06/06/2025

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Source: CiTTi Magazine

Now in its sixth year of operation, the fund will receive £2 million for 2025-26 to encourage sustainable transportation for lower-income households, sole traders and micro businesses within 20km of Scotland’s low-emission zones.

The Low Emission Zone (LEZ) Support Fund, operated through the Energy Saving Trust, offers cash incentives alongside Travel Better vouchers to help people and businesses most in need of financial support to adapt to LEZs, as part of efforts to remove the most polluting vehicles from Scottish roads to improve air quality to protect public health.

The Low Emission Zone Support Fund also provides a grant of £2,000 to incentivise households and smaller businesses to dispose of their high polluting vehicles, as well as a further £1,000 in Travel Better vouchers to assist the purchase of a bike or e-bike, or public transportation vouchers.

Fiona Hyslop, the cabinet secretary for the Scottish government has stated her delight at extending the LEZ Support Fund for 2025-2026, “I’m pleased to open the Low Emission Zone Support Fund for its sixth round of support. Since 2019, the Scottish Government has now provided over £15m through the Low Emission Zone Support Fund. We’ve seen over 4,000 of the most polluting vehicles permanently removed from our roads – and over 560 taxis retrofitted to become LEZ compliant since funding began. It’s also welcome news that the LEZ Support Fund continues to support active and sustainable travel – with over 2,800 bikes, e-bikes or cargo bikes purchased thanks to our support. Working with Energy Saving Trust, we’ll continue to ensure that financial help is there for people and businesses who need it most.”

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