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.
The government granted Wokingham Borough Council powers to punish moving traffic offences last month, on June 22.
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 10 of them and combined them into one order.
The 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
Council documents suggest the rules will be enforced by traffic cameras.
The document says: “These restrictions were previously only enforced by the police however with the granting of the designation order and powers by the DfT, the Council is now able to enforce by issuing penalty charge notices (PCN) to vehicles found to be contravening the restrictions through automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) Cameras.
Councillor Paul Fishwick, who is responsible for highways, signed the order on Thursday, July 27, and will be made official after a five-day cooling period.
He said: “I’m very happy to approve this report and those recommendations. This is on road safety grounds.”
