Council blasted for raking in £22MILLION in parking fines after handing out 183,000 charges in a year
LTNs have proven controversial with critics blasting them for causing congestion on roads where traffic diverts to.
Figures from the council - gained through a Freedom of Information request - showed that most fines were issued in Streatham, where 62,680 were handed out. So far, £9,909,702 has been paid to the council while another £10,130,378 is outstanding, it is understood. A spokesman for One Lambeth, a campaign group which opposes LTNs said: “It’s an awful lot of money and it’s probably more than any other council has made.
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