Drivers could be charged up to £20 a week to park at their workplace

The levy would affect roughly 9,000 employees who can currently park at their job for free

Transcript

00:00Drivers may be charged around £20 per week to park at their workplaces in Bristol's

00:09city centre in a bid to cut congestion and air pollution as part of the Clean Air Zone.

00:17The workplace parking levy will raise around £10m a year for the city which would be spent

00:25on improving public transport. The levy would affect roughly 9,000 employees who can currently

00:33park at their jobs in central Bristol totally free. Under this levy, Bristol City Council

00:39would charge every business that is currently offering free parking to their staff. Businesses

00:46may then decide to pass on the additional cost to their employees. Exceptions could

00:51be made to disabled people who rely on private cars, hospital workers and other groups.