Motorists stung with £1million of fines from hated Low Traffic Neighbourhood in Hammersmith and...

Low Traffic Neighbourhoods have caused division up and down the UKA Labour-run council is raking in £1 million a month after stinging motorists who travel through its hated Low Traffic Neighbourhood , according to new data.

The hated traffic scheme - which covers New Kings Road, Wandsworth Bridge and the River Thames - was introduced in December 2022. The South Fulham LTN covers New Kings Road, Wandsworth Bridge and the River Thames and was introduced in December 2022One resident told the Telegraph: 'It is blindingly obvious that the infrastructure supporting this naked money-making scheme is not fit for purpose.

The traffic calming scheme works by using planters or barriers to stop traffic being able to drive along a certain route in hope that it will make roads more pedestrian-friendly and reduce air pollution. Earlier this month, transport minister Mark Harper lashed out at the 'anti-motorist' schemes accusing councils of using them as cash cows as he unveiled a clampdown on their introduction.

In May last year, a bollard on Temple Street off Cowley Road in Oxford was knocked down and placed in the adjacent planters - just 24 hours after being installed'This is about a system that means that councils properly balance the needs of motorists and other road users, not an anti-motorist scheme pitting different road users against each other is not helpful and not sensible.

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Controversial 'low traffic neighbourhood' trial in south Manchester will not continueA controversial trial of a ‘low traffic neighbourhood’ scheme in south Manchester will not continue, the council has confirmed. The ‘Parsonage Road safer streets’ project in Withington will not be made permanent after a six-month trial over the winter, Manchester City Council has said. However, some elements of the scheme will stay in place — namely planters which block cars but allow pedestrians and cyclists through at the junctions of Parsonage Road/Wilmslow Road and Burlington Road/Heaton Road. However, although many of the planters will go, two will remain. The council says it’s taken the decision after listening to ‘extensive feedback’, but has promised Withington won’t go back to how it was before the trial started.
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