UK government seeks to limit low-traffic schemes as part of its ‘plan for drivers’

Exclusive: Department for Transport has already cut funding but now seeks to block councils’ ability to fine drivers

The Department for Transport (DfT) is set to intensify its battle with local councils over low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) and other active travel measures, with imminent new guidance seeking to limit their use.

However, a promised plan to try to force local authorities into abandoning the schemes by cutting them off from the central database needed to issue fines for infractions is understood to be legally complicated and not yet ready to proceed.

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