A BRADFORD man who hit out at the Council over the placement of a bus lane sign after receiving five penalty charge notices has now had all five Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) cancelled.

Mohammed Sajad, of Buttershaw, was very pleased to learn that Bradford Council cancelled all five £70 PCNs for using the bus lane on Bridge Street, Bradford, in December.

Mr Sajaad was travelling from Wakefield Road and turning off on Bridge Street into Bradford city centre.

On his journey on December 17, he noticed a Bus Lane Suspended sign from Croft Street indicating that the bus lane on Bridge Street was suspended.

So Mr Sajad said he used the bus lane believing the whole lane was suspended.

Then he was surprised when he received a PCN for December 17 and four other dates.

And while Bradford Council said the PCNs were “correctly issued”, they accepted and cancelled the fines.

“All five PCNs have been cancelled,” said Mr Sajaad. “Firstly, I wouldn’t have contested the bus lane fine if I knew for a fact I can’t use the bus lane.

“The sign clearly applies all the way through the bus lane as they have cancelled all bus lane fines.

“The council have obviously seen sense that this was the case and cancelled all PCNs.

“I shouldn’t have had to have gone through this situation in the first place.”

In a letter cancelling one of the PCNs, Bradford Council wrote: “We have cancelled your PCN after considering what you say.

“We sent you a PCN because our camera evidence shows your vehicle in a bus lane at a time when only buses and authorised vehicles are allowed there.

“This particular bus lane is in operation 24 hours a day seven days per week due to the nature of the location, the bus lane runs alongside Bradford Interchange which is the main bus and rail station in Bradford.

“It has been in operation since November 2013.

“The sign in question was in place but was only meant to refer to a short section of the bus lane where some temporary traffic management was set out that took the route down from two lanes to one next to a traffic island.

“As it’s a black and yellow advisory sign, it is only valid until the driver reaches the next permanent road sign that displays the order.

“It appears you have driven past the temporary sign, assumed it applies all the way along the route and not made a correct observation of the permanent sign that follows it at the top of Bridge Street.”