Alan Stanton
The Philip Lane 2,627 are innocent - Updates 14 April to 29 May 2008
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This is the fourth in a series of five photos on the
controversy about the yellow box junctions outside
the Arriva bus garage in Philip Lane N15.
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SUMMARY SO FAR
Figures supplied by Haringey Council under the Freedom of Information Act (F.o.I.) showed that from December 2005 to May 2006, 2,627 motorists paid Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) the traffic "fines" for stopping in one of the two box junctions marked on the road outside Tottenham Bus Garage. These boxes turned out to be unenforceable as they did not comply with Department for Transport Regulations.
GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS
On 7 April 2008 - in response to questions under the F.o.I. - I eventually got the good news that Haringey Council did not take anyone to Court for "debt" based on these "fines".
But there was also some bad news. Haringey had not repaid the cash - even for PCNs (fines) after 2 March 2006 when Haringey officers realised the two box junctions were non-compliant. Nor - disgracefully - those sent to motorists after 16 March 2006 when Haringey staff were instructed to stop issuing PCNs on these two boxes.
The F.o.I. reply also explained that former Labour councillor Brian Haley - then "Cabinet" member nominally responsible from May 2006 - was not "made aware" that 3,746 PCNs had been wrongly issued in Philip Lane outside Tottenham Bus Garage.
The Philip Lane 2,627 are innocent - Updates 14 April to 29 May 2008
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This is the fourth in a series of five photos on the
controversy about the yellow box junctions outside
the Arriva bus garage in Philip Lane N15.
◄ ◄ First │ ◄ Previous ││ Last ► ►
══════════════════════════════
SUMMARY SO FAR
Figures supplied by Haringey Council under the Freedom of Information Act (F.o.I.) showed that from December 2005 to May 2006, 2,627 motorists paid Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) the traffic "fines" for stopping in one of the two box junctions marked on the road outside Tottenham Bus Garage. These boxes turned out to be unenforceable as they did not comply with Department for Transport Regulations.
GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS
On 7 April 2008 - in response to questions under the F.o.I. - I eventually got the good news that Haringey Council did not take anyone to Court for "debt" based on these "fines".
But there was also some bad news. Haringey had not repaid the cash - even for PCNs (fines) after 2 March 2006 when Haringey officers realised the two box junctions were non-compliant. Nor - disgracefully - those sent to motorists after 16 March 2006 when Haringey staff were instructed to stop issuing PCNs on these two boxes.
The F.o.I. reply also explained that former Labour councillor Brian Haley - then "Cabinet" member nominally responsible from May 2006 - was not "made aware" that 3,746 PCNs had been wrongly issued in Philip Lane outside Tottenham Bus Garage.