Bus lane fines in Wolverhampton raise £4.2 million for council amid confusion questions
Wolverhampton Council has raised more than £4 million in just over four years from drivers using bus lanes.
The figure approximates to about 76 motorists a day being hit by fines.
Councillor Qaiser Azeem, cabinet member for transport, said the council had raised just shy of £4.2 million from buy lane enforcement from April 2020 to August 2024.
Councillor Azeem released the figures at a meeting of Wolverhampton Council, in response to a question from Penn councillor Paul Singh, of the opposition Tory group.
Drivers are typically fined £70 for entering bus lanes, but the charge is reduced by half if paid within 21 days.
Assuming that the majority of drivers will have taken advantage of this offer, the £4.2 million figure suggests about 120,000 fines will have been issued over a 52-month period, averaging 76 fines a day.
