The council has earned more than £1.7million at one traffic junction over a 13 months, a freedom of information request has revealed.

Barnet Council has earned £1,705,020.43 from September 2016 to October 2017 at the Tilling Road/Brentfield Gardens Junction, which has a no left turn sign.

The FOI request showed the month with the highest earnings wast October 2016, at just over £205,000, and in recent months the amount earned from cameras at this junction has decreased, with September 2017 bringing in less than £100,000 and less than £70,000 in October 2017.

Laz Chauhan, 51, of Lichfield Grove, who put in the request, was fined twice in this area within six months and believes the signs are "too far back and too confusing."

He said: "I felt aggrieved when I received the ticket through no wrong-doing.

"The satnav still directs you to turn, so if Barnet was fully concerned about 'safety' at this junction they could easily rectify the problem, but they seem happy with the money gained by surreptitious means."

Mr Chauhan chose not to appeal the tickets as he felt he was "too busy to grapple with bureaucracy", and while signs are on the junction which indicate a no left turn, he believes the barrier is not well enough indicated due to the lack of dashes on the road.

A Barnet Council spokesperson said: "To ensure the safety of motorists at this intersection, the council introduced this contravention at the junction many years ago. The high level of contraventions at this intersection reflects the busy nature of the intersection.

"However, since enforcement began in September 2016, we have seen levels reduce by 32%.

"The section where people are turning has been built to make it difficult to perform a left turn and there is adequate signage, both on the road and beside the road, to make residents aware of the traffic conditions."