Request ID: FOI-2756-2122 Date published: 08 March 2022
You asked
The total amount of roadwork penalties paid by Transport for London to local councils for roadworks overrunning in each of the last five years (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021).
Please can you tell me the details of the top 5 biggest individual penalties paid by TfL to local councils for roadworks overrunning in 2020-21.
We answered
Our Ref: FOI-2756-2122
Thank you for your request received on 3 March 2022 asking for information about roadwork penalties paid by TfL.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.
TfL does not pay overrun charges to local councils as we are a Highway/Traffic Authority. Any road works we undertake on other authority networks is classified as ‘Works for Road Purposes’ and thus not chargeable under Section 74 of the New Roads and Street Works Act (NRSWA) 1991.
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Yours sincerely
Gemma Jacob Senior FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
