“A council is raking in £1 million a month from motoring fines generated by a single low traffic neighbourhood (LTN), the Sunday Telegraph can reveal.
Labour-run Hammersmith and Fulham Council issued more than 341,000 penalty charge notices (PCNs) in 11 months from just five cameras in the South Fulham West LTN, figures obtained under Freedom of Information laws show.
In total, the council banked nearly £8 million from 105,000 of those fines between February and December last year. A further 34,507 are classified as “open” and could still generate up to £4.5 million if paid at the full £130 rate.”
TBH sounds like delivery/etc companies should add a surcharge for LTN addresses to account for the costs of appealing incorrect fines. That might lead to more pressure on councils to do it better.
>Residents who have booked deliveries, tradesmen, taxis or who have carers or guests visiting can log a car’s registration on an app to prevent it being fined.
Wait does that mean that the person ACCEPTING the delivery has to enter the reg of the delivery drivers car? Why in the world would they bother?
Is this meant to be seen as a bad thing when councils are starved of cash to run essential services due to Tory cuts?
It appears that, once again, there is confusion in the name of criticizing an LTN.
Firstly, it’s not an LTN. It’s a Clean Air Neighbourhood designed to reduce air pollution in the area.
Secondly, as the report proposing the scheme makes it clear, you can enter without going through the cameras. And the cameras must make it clear when restrictions on access apply in order to be legal.
So the Council isn’t raking in £1m a month from an LTN. It’s collecting £1m in fines from drivers who can’t read signs, and that must be reinvested in transport improvements locally. After being given a grace period where the Council did not levy fines.
Finally, why the shouty idiots say people hate it. The consultation results say people support the initiative to reduce through traffic. And residents were closely involved in developing the scheme, including choosing camera types and locations.
But don’t let all that get in the way of The Telegraph posting an anti-LTN article.
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“A council is raking in £1 million a month from motoring fines generated by a single low traffic neighbourhood (LTN), the Sunday Telegraph can reveal.
Labour-run Hammersmith and Fulham Council issued more than 341,000 penalty charge notices (PCNs) in 11 months from just five cameras in the South Fulham West LTN, figures obtained under Freedom of Information laws show.
In total, the council banked nearly £8 million from 105,000 of those fines between February and December last year. A further 34,507 are classified as “open” and could still generate up to £4.5 million if paid at the full £130 rate.”
TBH sounds like delivery/etc companies should add a surcharge for LTN addresses to account for the costs of appealing incorrect fines. That might lead to more pressure on councils to do it better.
>Residents who have booked deliveries, tradesmen, taxis or who have carers or guests visiting can log a car’s registration on an app to prevent it being fined.
Wait does that mean that the person ACCEPTING the delivery has to enter the reg of the delivery drivers car? Why in the world would they bother?
Is this meant to be seen as a bad thing when councils are starved of cash to run essential services due to Tory cuts?
It appears that, once again, there is confusion in the name of criticizing an LTN.
Firstly, it’s not an LTN. It’s a Clean Air Neighbourhood designed to reduce air pollution in the area.
Secondly, as the report proposing the scheme makes it clear, you can enter without going through the cameras. And the cameras must make it clear when restrictions on access apply in order to be legal.
https://democracy.lbhf.gov.uk/documents/s127350/FINAL%20Cabinet%20Report%20-%20South%20Fulham%20WEST%20CLEAN.pdf
So the Council isn’t raking in £1m a month from an LTN. It’s collecting £1m in fines from drivers who can’t read signs, and that must be reinvested in transport improvements locally. After being given a grace period where the Council did not levy fines.
Finally, why the shouty idiots say people hate it. The consultation results say people support the initiative to reduce through traffic. And residents were closely involved in developing the scheme, including choosing camera types and locations.
But don’t let all that get in the way of The Telegraph posting an anti-LTN article.