LIVERPOOL council has collected more than £3.5m from drivers straying into bus lanes.
The cash bonanza is a result of more than 150,000 tickets which have been given out since the cameras were introduced in 2009. And the Daily Post can reveal which of the driving hot-spots where the cameras have generated the most cash from motorists.
Old Haymarket, in the city centre, has seen more than 75,000 tickets given out in two years, while Lime Street is close behind, with more than 41,000.
And, while city bosses insist the cameras are not being used as a cash cow, there is every chance the council’s coffers will swell further when the authority begins to monitor and introduce penalties on 19 new bus lanes.
A Freedom of Information request revealed that, in total, £3,693,227 was generated by the cameras since 2009.
