- Description
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Have your say on Moving Traffic Enforcement Offences
Moving Traffic enforcement helps to keep traffic moving; reducing traffic congestion and improving safety for everyone who uses our roads and pavements. In May 2022, the Government granted powers to enable councils to enforce Moving Traffic restrictions. Previously these types of restrictions could only be enforced by the police. Now local councils can apply to enforce offences, alongside the police.
Bolton Council intends to apply for the power to enforce Moving Traffic Offences, working alongside our partners at Greater Manchester Police. If the Council is granted this power, they will look to prioritise enforcement where there is a known problem, following public consultation.
The Council are currently consulting on implementing Moving Traffic Enforcement measures at the following box junction sites:
- Blackburn Road/Lawson Street
- Trinity Street/Newport Street
- Topp Way/Higher Bridge Street
- Bridge Street/St George’s Street
- Cricketers Way/Leigh Road
Please bear in mind that we're only seeking to enforce regulations that already exist. The change would be that more enforcement could be done and it would no longer be the sole responsibility of Greater Manchester Police.
If Bolton Council is granted the power to enforce Moving Traffic offences, then any future sites will be consulted on via public consultation.
Please read the Frequently Asked Questions document before giving your views on whether or not the junctions we've identified are the ones we should be concentrating on.
- Survey
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This survey has now closed.
- Closing Date
- Wednesday 6th September 2023
- Survey Results