Camera enforcement of the bus/taxi/cycle corridor on East Park Terrace is in operation

The project was delivered in June 2024 with the aim of improving bus journey times and reliability for buses travelling along the Portswood and Eastleigh corridor, and enhancing the pedestrian environment and the safety of walking, wheeling and cycling connections between the city centre, Solent University and Newtown.

It also helps to improve the health and wellbeing of local people through improved access to the Green Flag Award-winning city centre parks, cultural attractions, shops and restaurants.

While the majority of drivers are complying with the bus/taxi/cycle only restriction at East Park Terrace, the council has made the decision to introduce camera enforcement because monitoring has shown regular contraventions to the restriction. It has been shown that in similar schemes that compliance improves with camera enforcement.

The camera enforcement on East Park Terrace starts on Monday 28 April and will be in operation for six months.

Any vehicles, other than authorised vehicles, that drive through the restriction will receive a Warning Notice, and on their second contravention they will receive a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) of £70 (reduced to £35 if paid within 21 days). After the six-month warning period, contraventions will only receive a PCN.

Warning Letters and PCN’s will be sent through the post to the Registered Keeper of the vehicle. To allow enough time between a Warning Notice being processed and received by the driver, there will be a period of approximately two weeks after a Warning Notice being activated and a PCN being issued. All money received from Penalty Charge Notices will be used to pay for the upkeep and running of the camera system and any surplus funds are reinvested into Southampton’s transport network as set out in national legislation.