New traffic fines to be introduced in Wokingham
The government has granted Wokingham Borough Council powers to punish moving traffic offences
Drivers could be hit with new fines for breaking road rules at 11 sites in Wokingham after the government granted the council new enforcement powers.
Number plate recognition cameras will snare drivers breaking the rules – which include making banned turns and going the wrong way down a one-way street.
Police can already punish drivers for these offences – but the new powers mean the council can now issue its own fines.
The council issued an order on Thursday, July 27, outlining sites where it will use its new powers. Rules were already in place at these sites – but the ruling has updated ten of them and combined them into one order.
The 11 sites are:
Wokingham
Goatley Way – one way from Peach Street to Luckley Path in Wokingham town centre
No right turn from Broad Street onto Rose Street in Wokingham town centre
No cars allowed at the end of Milton Road adjoining Rectory Road in Wokingham town centre
No right turn from Station Road onto Station Approach in front of Wokingham train station
No right turn from Barkham Road onto Oxford Road behind Wokingham train station
Ahead only from Wellington Road at the crossroads with Station Road and Barkham road, next to Wokingham train station
No right turn from Whitlock Avenue onto London Road
No vehicles heavier than 7.5 tonnes allowed on Gipsy Lane
No vehicles wider than two metres at the western end of Murdoch Road, past the junctions of South Drive and Crescent Road
Shinfield
No cars allowed on Bolton Drive between junction of Martyn Crescent and Fullbrook Avenue
And no cars allowed in the opposite direction, on the stretch of Fullbrook Avenue connecting with Bolton Drive.
Cllr Paul Fishwick, executive member for active travel, transport and highways said:
“Our residents’ safety is our number one priority, and these changes will allow us, like many other local authorities, to take control and increase the enforcement work that we already undertake to make our roads safer and accessible while reducing congestion.
“Warnings will be given initially when the enforcement starts in September for the first six months, but we want to make it clear that drivers will only receive one warning during this period for their first offence.
“We enforce these traffic offences to keep everyone safe and would ask that all drivers travelling around the borough follow the Highway Code that has been put in place to ensure everyone’s safety, including their own.”
Enforcement will start in September 2023 and will mainly use Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras, with penalty charge notices (PCN) sent to the registered keeper of offending vehicles. For the first six months, drivers will receive a warning, but only for their first offence.