Londoners profiting from town’s ULEZ scrappage scheme are being held up from getting their money and deciding whether or not they’ll purchase a alternative automobile, experiences counsel.

In August Transport for London (TfL) launched a £160m scrappage scheme to coincide with the Extremely Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) increasing throughout all London boroughs, to assist eligible London residents scrap automobiles that don’t meet the ULEZ emissions requirements.

Residents can apply for as much as £2,000 for scrapping a automobile or as much as £1,000 for scrapping a motorbike, which some could resolve to place in the direction of shopping for a ULEZ compliant Euro4 petrol automobile or Euro6 diesel.

Now it’s claimed that the scrappage system is ‘overwhelmed’, with some residents telling the BBC they’re struggling to pay money for the Certificates of Destruction required for them to assert the grant, because of car recycling crops being stuffed with automobiles.

It might be irritating information for used automobile sellers throughout London, a few of whom have been rising shares of reasonably priced ULEZ compliant older used vehicles to cater for individuals who’ve used the scheme.

The BBC experiences that some scrappage candidates have been ready greater than six weeks to get their grant.

In response, a spokesperson for TfL stated: “We apologise if anybody’s scrappage utility is taking too lengthy, and we’re working onerous to make sure that everyone seems to be responded to as shortly as attainable. Forward of the ULEZ scrappage scheme increasing to all Londoners with a non-compliant automobile or bike, we elevated our useful resource to cope with the quantity of functions. 

“We’re aiming to simply accept or decline scrappage functions inside 10 working days. We have now a strong course of in place to confirm the paperwork we obtain as a part of our measures to protect in opposition to fraud. 

“The appliance course of can take longer if we have to undertake extra verification procedures, similar to additional checks to the required paperwork.“