The Council have belatedly published details of the numbers of drivers who have fallen foul of the number plate recognition cameras installed on Lendal Bridge and in Coppergate.
In total during August and September 11,177 drivers were sent penalty charge notices.
This would generate over £600,000 in income for the Council in just 5 weeks.
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Some fines might be reduced for drivers who pay up quickly or who successfully appeal against the notice.
The penalty charge notice numbers are divided fairly evenly between Coppergate and Lendal Bridge although the figures for the latter are only for 3 weeks.
But it is a staggering amount and confirmation of the inadequacy of the signage marking the new restrictions on Coppergate as well as the trial day time closure of Lendal Bridge to private motorists.
The data is contained in an obscure part of the Council web site and has not been officially publicised.
Apparently the web page will be updated monthly.
The figures show no sign of a downturn in the numbers of motorists being caught, so the Councils annual income from the cameras is likely to be several millions each year.
It is much more than would have been raised by putting a congestion charge on the bridge and they do suggest that “road pricing” is what the Labour Council really wants to introduce next.
The publication of the information follows the tabling of a question on the subject at last weeks Council meeting by a Liberal Democrat Councillor.
Detailed information, on the reductions in the number of shoppers accessing the City centre, is still awaited.
A report on the first month of the trial, previously published by the Council, admitted that there had been no significant improvement in journey times for buses – one of the major objectives of the trial