About 54% of the 18,100 owners of pre-Euro diesel commercial vehicles who are eligible for ex-gratia payments have scrapped their vehicles and submitted payment applications to the Environmental Protection Department.
The department today reminded owners of pre-Euro diesel commercial vehicles that applications for ex-gratia payments will close on December 31. Those who wish to apply should make arrangements early.
To improve roadside air quality and protect public health, the department launched the ex-gratia payment scheme last year to retire 82,000 pre-Euro IV diesel commercial vehicles in phases by the end of 2019.
Up to the end of February about 23,600 or 29% of eligible diesel commercial vehicles had been put in the scheme and retired. Among them, 9,800 are pre-Euro.
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