Moving traffic offences

We use Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras at several sites in Medway to enforce:

We can issue penalty charge notices (PCNs) for offences such as:

driving through a 'no entry' sign
illegal turns
entering a yellow box junction before your exit road or lane is clear. You may enter the box and wait when you want to turn right and are only stopped from doing so by oncoming traffic or other vehicles waiting to turn right.

This makes the roads safer and less congested.

Locations

We enforce moving traffic restrictions with ANPR cameras at:

Gillingham High Street, Gillingham - no motor vehicles restriction
Rochester High Street, Rochester - no motor vehicles restriction on Saturdays
Chatham Hill (A2), junction with Rock Avenue in Gillingham - yellow box restriction
A2 Rainham Road, junctions with Ash Tree Lane and Canterbury Street, Gillingham - yellow box restriction
A2 High Street junction with Orchard Street, Rainham - right turn ban
Gibraltar Hill junction with A230 Maidstone Road, Chatham - yellow box restriction
Cuxton Road at High Street junction with Gun Lane, Strood - yellow box restriction
High Street junction with The Brook, Chatham - pedestrian zone and no entry restrictions.

We have not introduced any new traffic restrictions at these locations. We have only changed the way we enforce them.

From early 2025, we'll be enforcing moving traffic restrictions at a further 17 locations in Medway.

There are also some restrictions on streets outside schools and red routes.

We were granted powers from the government in July 2023 to enforce moving traffic offences under Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004.

Before this, moving traffic offences could only be enforced by the police.

Better enforcement of these offences makes the roads safer. It helps us to meet objectives in our One Medway Council plan and Local Transport Plan.