Londoners are being reminded that they have until the end of this month (September) to have their say on how much motorists should pay in parking and other traffic related penalties and charges.
A joint London Councils and Transport for London (TfL) consultation on the levels of the penalties for motorists who commit parking and traffic contraventions closes on Thursday 30 September.
Any money collected by the boroughs, after the cost of running enforcement is taken into account, has to be spent on transport and environmental improvements.
The current levels of penalties are £120 for serious contraventions in central London and £80 for lesser contraventions. In outer London the penalties are generally £100 and £60, although in some particularly busy areas, such as town centres or around major venues, the higher level penalties may apply.
All penalties are reduced by 50 per cent of they are paid within 14 days, or 21 days in the case of a contravention being filmed on CCTV.
The size of the penalties is reviewed every four years. The last consultation, carried out in 2006, resulted in the introduction of the two tier parking system in July 2007. This means all contraventions on TfL roads and the more serious contraventions on London borough roads currently incur a higher penalty than other contraventions.
Londoners and other interested parties are being asked whether they think the two tier system works or whether there should be a single level of penalty charge.
They are also being asked for their views on how much penalties should be for:
- contraventions of parking regulations
- moving traffic contraventions including driving in bus lanes and entering yellow box junctions when its exits are blocked
- release from wheel clamps
- contravening the London Lorry Control Scheme
- bonds paid by persistent evaders appealing against one or more of their penalty charge notices
- storage and disposal charges
Have your say
here.