A bus-only zone in Preston has generated over £600,000 in fines within two months of implementation. The 'bus gate' on Corporation Street, which bans most vehicles except buses and taxis, has seen a steady increase in fines issued since its enforcement began in June.
More than £600,000 has been added to the amount generated in fines by a bus-only zone in Preston in the space of just two months. A so-called ‘bus gate’ was installed on Corporation Street, near the city centre, back in May. It banned all motor vehicles except buses and Hackney taxis from the short stretch of the route between Heatley Street and Marsh Lane.
Lancashire County Council gave motorists a grace period of more than a month before it started issuing penalty charge notices (PCNs) to those caught on specially-installed cameras flouting the new rules. During that time, it also stationed marshals in the street on some occasions to warn drivers directly about the new set-up. The authority previously revealed that between June 25 – the day it started to enforce the regulations with PCNs – and the end of September, it received £968,415 in income from fines. The latest figure provided to the Local Democracy Reporting Service shows that the total amount had risen to £1,589,995 by the end of November – an increase of almost £622,000. The first period spanned 98 days, while the latest increase came during the 61 days of October and November – suggesting very little change in the rate at which cash is being added to County Hall’s coffers as a result of drivers disobeying the ban. However, the authority says the number of tickets has decreased each month since the system went live – although it did not offer a breakdown, nor an overall total. The rate of income generation within a particular timeframe does not equate to the rate at which fines were actually being issued during that period, because of the time lag for making payments. At the end of September, around 9,500 penalties that had been issued up to that point were yet to be paid – meaning the income from them would have been included in the October-November tally, boosting it by around £332,000 if they were all settled at the discounted rate offered by the authority for prompt paymen
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