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Feb
Council reveals when and where motorists face new fines for traffic offences
Motorists in North Yorkshire face fines for a new range of traffic offences within three months.
The Department for Transport extended civil enforcement powers for moving traffic offences to 22 council areas, including North Yorkshire, in November.
It means the council will be able to issue penalty notices for offences caught on camera such as driving in cycle and bus lanes, ignoring box junctions, making banned turns and going the wrong way in a one-way street.
The Stray Ferret previously revealed fines will be set at £70 but reduced to £35 if paid within 14 days.
The council estimates implementing the powers could raise £600,000 in three years.
Councillor Keane Duncan, the Conservative executive member for highways and transportation, said in a report published ahead of next week’s full council meeting in Northallerton the local authority had “successfully assumed civil enforcement powers for certain moving traffic offences”.
Cllr Duncan added:
The first site for this to be implemented within North Yorkshire is at the A19/B1258/Gowthorpe yellow box junction in Selby. We expect this to commence in May.
Cameras will be used to capture offences, with fines set at £70 and reduced to £35 if paid within 14 days.
The expectation is that, in time, moving traffic enforcement will be extended to other known hotspot areas in the county. In each case, there will be consultation before enforcement is introduced and its operation will be closely monitored.
Cllr Duncan added “the primary purpose of this enforcement is to reduce congestion and improve road safety” and that “all funding raised through fines will be ringfenced to finance highways and transport projects in the county”.
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