Can you please give details via a FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT request : 1) The number of light goods vehicles that have been issued a PCN since the fines were introduced 2) The amount of revenue generated in fines to those groups (which will obviously need refunding)

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TfL Ref: 1710-1920

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 22 August 2019 asking for information about Rotherhithe Tunnel and PCNs issued.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold the information you require, please see below:

1. The number of light goods vehicles that have been issued a PCN since the fines were introduced

    

    

   Any vehicle which is registered with the DVLA as being more than two metres (6'6") high and two metres (6'6") wide or goods vehicles weighing more than two tonnes (gross vehicle weight) are not safe to travel through the Rotherhithe Tunnel; we do not differentiate between vehicles i.e. HGVs and LGVs.

    

    

   The below table details the amount of PCNs we issued to drivers whose vehicles were observed by our cameras on the northbound and southbound Rotherhithe Tunnel approaches which exceeded the width and weight restriction since it was introduced on 4 February (up to 16 August 2019).

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

   Month

   PCNs Issued

   Feb

   7,239

   Mar

   22,526

   Apr

   16,371

   May

   15,008

   Jun

   13,738

   Jul

   12,707

   Aug

   4,938

    

    

    

    

2. The amount of revenue generated in fines to those groups (which will obviously need refunding)

Our PCNs are payable at £130, reduced to £65 if paid within 14 days. The total value of payments received for PCNs issued to drivers whose vehicles were observed by our cameras on the northbound and southbound Rotherhithe Tunnel approaches which exceeded the width and weight restriction since it was introduced on 4 February is £5,336,763 (up to 16^th August).

If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for any reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.

Yours sincerely

Sara Thomas

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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