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18 - Dec - 2017

London’s Congestion Charge, Driving in Bus Lanes and Illegal Parking Fine Will Soar to £160 from Next Year

Motorists who do not pay congestion charges on time or are caught driving in bus lanes or flout parking rules will now pay a fine of £160.

Transport for London (TfL) said the new rate would start from January 2 2018 for bus lane offences and late payment of congestion charge. The penalty will cover TfL’s red routes network.

Fines for illegal parking and blocking red routes are expected to go up later in the same month after government approval.

Other councils are likely to follow suit with the price hikes later in the year.

Paul Cowperthwaite, TfL’s General Manager for Road User Charging, said: “We want to make London’s street safer and healthier places that are less dominated by the car. Although the Congestion Charge has been effective in reducing the number of cars entering central London, we’ve seen a 12 per cent increase in the number of motorists being issued with PCNs in the last five years. 

“This shows that the deterrent factor of the existing PCN has reduced over time. The new PCN level will help improve compliance and also encourage people to consider cheaper and more active alternative forms of travel.”

These plans will see the Penalty Charge Notice Fee rise by 23% from £130 to £160 while early payment fines will rise from £65 to £80. TfL will rake in an additional £20m a year after the new rates take effect.

The new penalties were arrived at after public consultations, which ended in November. The consultations elicited 7,400 responses.

Not all are thrilled by the hike. According to The Sun, Edmund King, AA president, said: “Congestion charge and moving traffic fines need to be a proportionate deterrent. Many people will consider that £80, let alone £160, is not.

 “The aspect that worries us most is other councils seeing the riches of PCNs at this level and wanting the same.”

TfL said the extra income will be used to improve London’s Transport Network.

By Airport Pickups London