Norfolk County Council has issued almost 6,000 penalty charge notices to people who have driven through a bus gate at the junction of Grove Road and Brazen Gate in Norwich.

The bus gate is at the junction between Grove Road and Brazen Gate (Image: Newsquest) READ MORE: More than 100 new parking spaces given the go-ahead for city hospital

The section of road, near a major branch of Sainsbury's, can only be used by buses and other authorised vehicles, such as taxis, between 07.30 and 09.30am during the Monday-Friday week.

It has been a bus gate since 1993, when the decision was made to create one to help buses travel more easily through the city.

A Freedom of Information request has revealed that between January 1 2024 and May 16 of this year - when the FOI was submitted - the council issued 5,777 charges to motorists who had driven through the restricted section.

The bus gate is restricted during peak morning traffic hours from Monday to Friday (Image: Newsquest)........

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