Issues have been found with driving and parking restrictions that have been imposed throughout Reading.
Controls on how roads are used can be imposed by Reading Borough Council using a legal instrument called traffic regulation orders (TROs).
These controls involve the establishment of bus and cycle lanes, parking restrictions and double yellow lines that ban parking at any time.
The council has the power to fine anyone who breaks these rules.
But a number of TROs the council has imposed were found to contain errors in a discovery that was made around this time last year.
A staff member found irregularities in the TROs that meant a total of 6,136 penalty charge notices were issued in error, allowing people who were fined to get a refund.
Further discoveries of irregularities have been made that are at various stages of rectification.
One involves the London Street southbound bus lane, which speeds up journeys from the town centre to Katesgrove and Whitley.
While the bus lane was consulted on and made for buses only, it was installed with incorrect signage stating that it is open for hackney carriage taxis and cyclists.
The issue was reported in June. The council’s highways team wants to rectify it by changing the TRO to officially allow hackney carriage taxis and cyclists to use the lane.
A consultation on this suggested change is open until Thursday, September 11, allowing people to support or object to this proposal.
Another issue was found with various ‘split-use’ parking bays in the town centre, which allow disabled parking during the day and taxis to stop during the night.
It was discovered that there were ‘am and pm’ typos that confused the situation.
It is understood that the error was rectified with an updated TRO devised during ‘late summer’.
This correction took place after a public consultation that concluded on August 1.
Town centre roads are currently covered by a red route with double lines that bans parking at any time with no exceptions.
A third issue was found with double yellow lines painted at Durham Close in Whitley, which is made up of 15 sheltered living bungalows and 15 studio flats.
Here, sections of the double yellow lines were not covered by a TRO.
Enforcement of parking was immediately ceased and the lines were removed following discussion with ward councillors.
The issues with the TROs in these three cases are all set to be presented at the council’s traffic management sub-committee meeting on Thursday, September 11.
