Southwark to repay 10,000 bus lane fines

[malumbu]

@DulvilleRes  there is a thread about OneDulwich  where I have posted before. https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/344333-one-part-of-dulwich/#comments

 

[first mate]

Getting back on topic, it is worrying that the council have messed up on this one. I also wonder how efficiently and completely the monies will be recovered? Might some of the council's enormous parking surplus be used for this?

Edited Tuesday at 06:27 by first mate

[Earl Aelfheah]

2 hours ago, first mate said:

Getting back on topic, it is worrying that the council have messed up on this one. I also wonder how efficiently and completely the monies will be recovered? Might some of the council's enormous parking surplus be used for this?

From the article "The council will recover the full cost of the refunds from the contractors."

[Rockets]

@Earl Aelfheah I think you need to clarify that it was Cllr McAsh who said that the council will recover the full cost of the refunds from the contractors - so, bearing in mind he is a politician you should probably take that with a pinch of salt as I very much suspect that if the contractors don't think they have done anything wrong then it won't be a simple as getting a refund.

Clearly, until such time as any monies are recovered, then there is a hole in council finances.

[Earl Aelfheah]

Sure, let's see what happens. Certainly it sounds as though the council believes the contractors are liable. Time will tell.

[Rockets]

20 minutes ago, Earl Aelfheah said:

Certainly it sounds as though the council believes the contractors are liable.

Well that is often the starting point for any negotiation! I am intrigued that if this is multiple contractors (as the article and statements suggest) how more than one of them can make the same mistake. Time will, indeed, tell what really went on here.

[first mate]

Pure speculation, but I wonder to what extent Cllr McAsh would care if he made claims that the council cannot meet? Given recent events?