Transport for London (TfL) has successfully prosecuted BT and Cable & Wireless for a spate of recent roadwork offences across London.

Roadworks offences by any utility company cause significant disruption to all road users, as well as having a knock on effect to local businesses across London.

The companies were fined over £5,000 for a number of infringements on the Transport for London Road Network (TLRN).

They included working without a permit, breach of permitting conditions and failure to correctly notify TfL promptly of works taking place.


BT pleaded guilty to six counts at Westminster Magistrate's Court, while Cable & Wireless pleaded guilty to two offences.

BT was prosecuted for infringements at various locations on TfL roads including: Stamford Hill, Marylebone Road, Blackwall Tunnel, Eastern Avenue and Gunnersbury Lane. They were fined a total of £3,765 and ordered to pay TfL's costs of £5,050.

Infringements by Cable & Wireless occurred on Lambeth Palace Road and Great Eastern Street. They were fined a total of £1,000 and ordered to pay TfL costs of £2,815.

The court action is the latest in a number of court cases where TfL has prosecuted utility companies for badly managed roadworks.

More than £20,000 has been won in the last 12 months against utility companies for eight separate offences, with TfL recovering around £12,100 in costs from these.

This included £2,000 from National Grid Gas, the highest fine for a utility company by TfL over the last twelve months.

(CD/GK)