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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Alan Johnson

'Cash cows': Brits fined £100million for driving through low-traffic 'green zones'

Brits have received a staggering £100million in fines for driving through low-traffic 'green zones' in just the last three years in a scheme deemed a 'cash cow' by critics.

Analysis shows councils have gained the huge receipts from some 1.1 million charges dished out between 2019 and 2022.

During that time town halls were handed hundreds of millions of pounds to establish low-traffic neighbourhood (LTN) schemes in a bid to encourage city workers to travel and cycle to work.

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