Manchester Council has raked in over £10m in bus lane fines from just ONE street in 17 months
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester Council raked in more than £10m from bus lane fines on just one street in 17 months, data has revealed. A Freedom of Information request (FOI) submitted by the Local Democracy Reporting Service revealed that thousands of motorists have been fined for driving along the Oxford Road bus gate.
The bus gate means that parts of the road are only open to buses, black cabs and pedal cycles from 6am to 9pm every day. Drivers in cars going through this section are stung with a £60 fine that reduces to £30 if paid within 21 days. READ MORE: The Manchester Christmas Market traders fighting for survival READ MORE: "I just want her home": Mum's plea as search for missing daughter, 12, goes on Since the beginning of 2020 a total of 182,707 fines have been handed out for cars driving in the bus lane along Oxford Road.
For the period April 2022 to September 2023 the council collected £10,241,545.13 in revenue. The most lucrative section of the road for the council is between Charles Street and Brancaster Road, where a total of 119,272 fines have been handed out between the start of 2020 and September 30.
They have stated that money generated from this is reinvested into their road network through repair and maintenance work. A spokesperson for Manchester Council said: “There are no current plans to change or add to the number of signs already in place to alert motorists to the bus lane.
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