The latest move in the long-running saga of York’s shambolic traffic regulation woes follows a crunch vote of members of the City’s Scrutiny Committee, held last night.
Members of the Council’s ruling Labour administration voted five votes to four in favour of upholding an earlier decision that forces wrongly fined motorists to enter into an application process in order to get their money back.
In June, Selby Online exclusively revealed how 1,426 drivers from post codes within the Selby area were sent Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) demanding fines of upto £60 for ‘illegally’ venturing over the city’s Lendal Bridge.
But the controversial ban was sensationally axed on February 27th after the Council lost out when a motorist’s appeal was allowed by the Traffic Adjudicator. He cast doubt over the legality of the whole scheme ruling that the Council’s poor implementation of the ban meant it did not have the power to issue fines for using Lendal Bridge in the first place.
The Council disagreed however, initially launching a legal challenge to the Adjudicator’s findings. It later dropped the challenge claiming a desire for the city to be able to draw a line under the whole episode.
In total, some 53,000 motorists received similar notices, reportedly netting the city £1.3 million in fines that are now eligible to be claimed back.
