A dedicated webpage for drivers who were wrongly issued parking fines in Reading to be paid back has gone live.

Reading Borough Council has admitted that 6,136 fines have been issued incorrectly due to an error in the creation of traffic regulation orders (TROs) which restrict road use.

Those who have been fined are now invited to be refunded.

The wrongly issued fines cover four main areas, with the largest being the Red Route running through East Reading.

These routes are established to prevent stopping and parking to maintain traffic flow.

Errors were also found for a TRO stopping drivers from waiting at two residential streets in Katesgrove.

The final two main errors relate to the council's restrictions on parking on verges and footways in roads in Southcote, Tilehurst and Kentwood.

The council has stressed that the errors do not apply to pay and display parking.

If you believe you are eligible for a refund, please visit the webpage here. 

The page went live at 9am on Wednesday, October 16.

You can see more details about the four areas where drivers were fined incorrectly below:

Red Route East 

Fines have been wrongly issued for the entire length of Wokingham Road, 21 junctions to streets connecting to that road, as well as nine junctions with Kings Road.

Swainstone Road and Waldeck Street

Waldeck Street in Katesgrove, where a legal restriction on parking led to fines being issued incorrectly.Waldeck Street in Katesgrove, where a legal restriction on parking led to fines being issued incorrectly. (Image: Reading Borough Council)

The TRO controlling waiting restrictions in Swainstone Road and Waldeck Street in Katesgrove were discovered to have errors.

Tilehurst and Kentwood

Tilehurst and Kentwood areas where traffic regulation orders have been issued incorrectly.Tilehurst and Kentwood areas where traffic regulation orders have been issued incorrectly. (Image: Reading Borough Council)

Fines were wrongly issued for restrictions to parking in footways and verges in 11 areas of the Tilehurst and Kentwood wards.

Southcote

Roads in Southcote where people who have been issued with fines are eligible for a refund.Roads in Southcote where people who have been issued with fines are eligible for a refund. (Image: Reading Borough Council)

TROs for restrictions to parking in footways and verges in seven residential roads in Southcote were also found to be incorrect.