A City Hall transport boss has refused to say how many drivers have been fined for driving into Bristol’s Clean Air Zone. The scheme has been running for four months now but details of its effects so far on traffic and pollution remain unclear.
Drivers already pay about £7 million in total each year to Bristol City Council for about 230,000 parking and bus lane fines. Clean Air Zone fines are now adding “many more” to that total, although the exact figures have not yet been revealed.
The cabinet approved an upgrade to the software used to process Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) on Tuesday, April 4. During the cabinet meeting, questions were raised about how many PCNs have been issued to drivers who fail to pay the Clean Air Zone charge on time.
