Commuters 'taken to the cleaners' as council rakes in nearly £600,000 in fines since opening new bus lane
Stockport council has raked in nearly £600,000 in fines since opening a new ‘bus gate’ back in February. Only buses, cyclists and licensed taxis are now allowed to travel down Heaton Lane and past the new bridge over the River Mersey, at the junction of Astley Street.
Peter believes that the signage is not adequate and there is ‘no incentive’ for the authority to improve matters, given the financial benefit. “It is the most profitable piece of land in the Stockport area and it’s appalling commuters are being taken to the cleaners because they aren’t aware the road is now a bus lane.”
“It’s people getting caught out and thinking ‘where do I go, what do I do’ - and panicking,” he said. "I think it’s a really poor way of dealing with it - fining people because they have come to a position where it’s not clear where to go. It’s the responsibility of the council to make it clear it’s not a road for [non-bus] traffic to go through.”
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