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UMichael Matheson noBen Cooper, iKinetics, kunye no-Ellie Grebenik, iVitality Saving Belief (pic: Abasemagunyeni baseScotland)

Abanini bamashishini amancinci kunye nabakhweli banikwa imali yokuthenga ibhayisikile kwimeko yokuba bathengise ngeemoto zabo ezirhuqa igesi.

Abasemagunyeni baseScotland basungule iNgxowamali yokuHamba ePhantsi (LEZ), bebonelela ngenkuthazo yemali kunye neivawutsha zeHambo eziPhakamileyo, ukuba iimoto “ezingathobeliyo” zikude kwiindlela zaseScotland.

Ilawulwa yiNkolelo yokuGcina iVitality, le nkqubo ivavanyiwe kwaye inika uncedo kwaba bachaphazeleka kakhulu.

Inika abantu kunye namashishini amancinci ngoncedo lwemali ukuba bahambe ngokuzinzileyo kwaye bahlengahlengise kumanyathelo azayo okuphucula umgangatho ophezulu womoya kunye nokukhusela impilo yoluntu.

Ingxowa mali eyi- $ 2 yezigidi inika amakhaya isibonelelo se- £ 2,000 yokuthatha imoto, okanye kangangeepawundi ezingama-500 zesibonelelo sokuhamba okanye iivawutsha zoHambo eziPhezulu ukuthenga isithuthuthu, i-e-bhayisekile okanye ivawutsha yothutho loluntu.

Kumashishini amancinci, ingxowa-mali inikezela ngenkuthazo ethe tyaba ye- $ 2,500 ngemoto nganye okanye iveni ukuthatha imoto engathobeliyo, ukuyitshintsha nemoto ehambelanayo, okanye ukubeka imali kolunye uhlobo lothutho olunokuthelekiswa ne-e-cargo ibhayisekile.

Kananjalo, i- $ 1 yezigidi iphinda yenziwa phaya ngo-2020/21 ukunceda ukuphinda kwenziwe izinto ezikhanyiswa yimoto, iimoto ezinobunzima kunye neeteksi ngeNgxowa-mali ye-LEZ Retrofitting yoosomashishini abancinci.

Ngokudibeneyo, ezi nkxaso-mali zimbini zibonakalisa iNgxowa-mali yokuNcedisa ukuPhuma okuMncinci-kwaye nganye nganye ihanjiswa ngeVitality Saving Belief.

Le nkxaso-mali inceda iNkqubo yokuGunyazisa abasemagunyeni ukuba iqale umsebenzi kwi-LEZs kwaye inceda ukuzibophelela kwangoko ukunceda abo banokuba ngawona mba uphambili ekwenzeni utshintsho ekungenisweni kwee-LEZ.

Unobhala wezoThutho uMichael Matheson uthe: “INgxowa-mali yokuHamba ye-LEZ izakunikezela ngoncedo olukhawulezileyo kumakhaya nakwiinkampani ezichaphazeleka kakhulu kwiimfuno ezilindelwe zokukhupha - kwaye oko kuyanyanzeliswa ngenye imini emva kowama-2022.

“Ngolu ncedo, siphucula umgangatho ophezulu womoya ngaphambi kwexesha lokungeniswa kwee-LEZ.

“Sikhuthaza ukulahlwa kweemoto ezingathobeliyo nokusabela kwimeko yezulu engxamisekileyo, ngokukhuthaza ukutshintshela kuhlobo olongezelelekileyo lohambo ngaphakathi kwezixeko zethu ngokusebenzisa iivawutsha ezintsha zohambo.

“Kubaqhubi beeteksi okanye iinkampani ezincinci ezifuna ukuphinda zenze iimoto ezikhoyo, njengendlela yokuhlengahlengisa iimfuno ezizayo zokukhupha, nceda uhlale phaya ngaphandle.

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U-Ellie Grebenik, umphathi wenkqubo eVitality Saving Belief uthe: “Umnyhadala wezinto ezikhutshwayo ezisezantsi kubalulekile ukunciphisa ukungcoliseka komoya ezitratweni, ukuphucula umgangatho ophezulu womoya kwimimandla yonke yesixeko, ukuphucula impilo yabantu nokukhusela okusingqongileyo.”

Indawo yewebhu yokukholelwa kwiVitality inolwazi olupheleleyo kunye neemeko ezibhekisa kwiNgxowa-mali yokuHamba.

Ulwazi malunga nokufaneleka okunxulumene neNgxowa-mali yokuHamba likwimakethi kwiwebhusayithi yeVitality Saving Belief.