Parking fines bring in £250k
More than 11,000 parking tickets have been dished out to motorists in Wolverhampton in the past seven months raising nearly £250,000 for the council. More than 11,000 parking tickets have been dished out to motorists in Wolverhampton in the past seven months raising nearly £250,000 for the council. Figures released today show 1,730 people who got a parking charge notice (PCN) wrote to complain or even apologise for breaching parking regulations. In about 100 cases a month no further action is taken due to a successful appeal. Just over £247,000 has been generated for the council since it took over powers to enforce kerbside parking laws. It took over from police in February. Transport chiefs say cash will go back into the city's road network. Bosses say they thought about 24,000 fixed penalties would be handed out in the first 12 months and so figures are slightly less than expected. Read the full story in the Express & Star.
Figures released today show 1,730 people who got a parking charge notice (PCN) wrote to complain or even apologise for breaching parking regulations. In about 100 cases a month no further action is taken due to a successful appeal.
Just over £247,000 has been generated for the council since it took over powers to enforce kerbside parking laws.
It took over from police in February. Transport chiefs say cash will go back into the city's road network.
Bosses say they thought about 24,000 fixed penalties would be handed out in the first 12 months and so figures are slightly less than expected.
When police and wardens were in charge they gave out 800 penalty notices a month or 10,000 a year. The rise has been put down to the fact there are now more traffic wardens on the streets.
Wolverhampton Council spokesman Felicity Roberts said: "We have issued about 11,680 notices since the council took over responsibility for enforcing parking regulations.
"The parking enforcement scheme aims to reduce congestion, encourage safe and sensible parking, ensure that buses and emergency services are not delayed, and improve the environment. The objective of the scheme is not to make money."
Miss Roberts added: "Income from the payment of PCNs is used to fund the cost of the parking service.
"There is no target for the number of PCNs that a parking attendant must issue, nor do they result in commissions or bonuses for parking attendants who are hourly-paid workers."