Bus lane fines in Wolverhampton raise £4.2 million for council amid confusion questions
Wolverhampton Council has made more than £4 million in just over two years from drivers using bus lanes.
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The figure approximates to about 164 motorists a day being hit by fines.
Councillor Qaiser Azeem, cabinet member for transport, said the council had made just shy of £4.2 million from buy lane enforcement from April 2022 to August 2024.
Councillor Azeem released the figures at a meeting of Wolverhampton Council, in response to a question from Penn councillor Paul Singh, of the opposition Tory group.
Drivers are typically fined £60 for entering bus lanes, but the charge is reduced by half if paid within 14 days.
Assuming that the majority of drivers will have taken advantage of this offer, the £4.2 million figure suggests about 140,000 fines will have been issued over a 29-month period, averaging 164 fines a day.
