A van operator spoke of his fearfulness aft discovering £47,000 worthy of cleanable aerial portion fines - which had been delivered to his aged address.
Dale D'Agostino, 42, says helium was issued 317 punishment notices for driving his 12-year-old Volkswagen Caravelle van successful the debased emissions portion successful Bradford, West Yorkshire.
But the letters were initially sent to a erstwhile code and helium lone recovered retired astir them erstwhile helium updated the V5 logbook for his van successful March.
And the businessman says helium has nary thought however he's going to wage the whopping fines, which whitethorn unit him to merchantability his assets oregon into debt.
He said: 'I'm not truly definite however I'm going to rise that benignant of money. What americium I going to do?
'Why haven't these tickets been enforced truthful I could woody with it sooner?
Dale D'Agostino was shocked to find 317 punishment complaint notices totalling £47,000 successful fines, which were delivered to his aged address
Mr D'Agostino says the charges could unit him to merchantability his assets oregon adjacent permission him successful debt
'Am I paying for the Bradford City of Culture connected my own? They cognize I person assets but I don't person this wealth truthful I'll person to merchantability everything to wage it..'
Mr D'Agostino says helium has unsuccessfully appealed the fines, and has been to a tribunal for 14 of the PCNs.
He said: 'I've spoken with the Council and they privation each of them paid.
'I've appealed them and I've enactment each the accusation guardant but they get rejected.
'I've been to my archetypal tribunal for the archetypal 14 PCNs, but I haven't had a determination back.'
Bradford's cleanable aerial portion was introduced successful September 2022. Non-compliant vehicles indispensable wage a fine, £9 for vans classed arsenic LGVs.
The complaint excludes each rider cars and motorbikes careless of whether they are utilized for work.
But Mr D'Agostino said helium was told by the assembly that his conveyance was exempt.
He said: 'I was told I would beryllium added to a achromatic list. Roll connected 2 years, I wanted to region my backstage sheet and could not find my V5 logbook truthful applied for a replacement.
'In doing truthful came a load of CAZ fines. As these tickets started stacking up, I wondered wherefore I didn't person an exemption.'
Bradford's Clean Air Zone was introduced successful 2022, and levies £9 connected each LGV van that enters the city, portion exempting each rider cars and motorbikes
A spokesperson for Bradford Council said it was the driver's work to cheque their conveyance and wage immoderate charges.
They said: 'It's the driver's ineligible work to marque definite they support the DVLA updated with their conveyance details and existent code information.
'The CAZ was started successful September 2022 and each Bradford businesses and residents person been fixed the accidental to use for exemptions for their vehicles which means they tin walk done the CAZ escaped of complaint astatine each times.
'It is the conveyance user's work to cheque their conveyance and wage immoderate complaint owed via the nationalist Government's Central Service outgo portal. Passenger vehicles are ne'er charged.
'Businesses and residents wrong the Bradford District person been eligible to use for a conveyance exemption from CAZ charges since anterior to the motorboat of the CAZ.
'This process is inactive open. All accusation relating to assistance and exemption eligibility arsenic good arsenic however to entreaty a punishment complaint tin beryllium recovered connected our website.
'We would promote anyone who is unsure astir immoderate facet of the Clean Air Zone to telephone our squad for factual proposal astir their circumstantial concern connected 01274 435533.
'We ever effort to help.'
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