Drivers could soon be fined for breaking a series of moving traffic offences that are being put in place at 11 location across the borough this Summer.

Moving traffic offences include making banned turns, going the wrong way down a one way street and stopping in yellow box junctions.

These offences are currently enforced by Thames Valley Police, but the government is progressively allowing the highways departments of councils to penalise drivers for these offences as well.

Reading Borough Council and West Berkshire Council have both received the power to fine drivers for non-compliance, with enforcement of the offences beginning in Reading this February with fines for stopping at yellow box junctions.

Now Wokingham Borough Council is hoping to do the same.

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But in order for the council to win this power, it had to submit an application to the government Department of Transport demonstrating which offences it wants to prosecute and where they are located in the borough.

Here are the 11 locations where the council wants to fine people for breaking traffic rules:

  • Broad Street, Wokingham, at the junction with Rose Street: Banned right turn
  • Barkham Road rail crossing, Wokingham, at the junction with Oxford Road: Banned right turn
  • Station Road, Wokingham, at the junction with Station Approach: Banned right turn
  • Wellington Road, Wokingham: Ahead only
  • Gipsy Lane, Wokingham: Weight restriction
  • Murdoch Road, Wokingham: Keep left
  • Goatley Way, Wokingham: One-way street
  • Milton Road, Wokingham: Vehicles prohibited except buses
  • Easthampstead Road, Wokingham: Yellow box junction
  • Hyde End Lane, Spencers Wood, at the junction with Fullbrook Road: Buses only
  • Whitlock Avenue, Wokingham: Banned right turn

The decision to apply for moving traffic offence prosecution powers was approved by the council’s executive committee on Tuesday, March 21.

Explaining why the sites above were chosen for the application, councillor Paul Fishwick (Liberal Democrats, Winnersh), executive member for highways said: “These sites were identified and selected by a review of complaints received, officer knowledge and feedback from the local police.

“These 11 sites were showing the highest level of driver non-compliance.”

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He added that the council’s highways department conducted surveys of a variety of locations before arriving at the list above, and that further sites can be considered for enforcement if the powers are granted.

If the application is successful, drivers will be served with a penalty charge notice (PCN) for breaches of £70, reduced to £35 if paid early, or rising to £105 after a ‘charge certificate’ is served.

Like in Reading, drivers will receive one warning notice instead of a fine for six months after council enforcement begins at each site.

The application for the powers was submitted to Department for Transport by the deadline it set in February, with a decision being due in June.