Romania’s Embassy To London Must Pay Over GBP200,000 In Traffic Tolls

However, the U.S. Embassy to London holds the record for the highest level of debts rising to over GBP2 million, as it failed to pay the GBP8/day traffic decongestion toll, as well as traffic tickets and fines, The Guardian reported on its website on Saturday.   

The data offered by the Transport for London, a local government body in charge with implementing the transport strategy and manage transport services across London, indicate that 20 embassies owe over GBP10 million to the municipality.

A spokesperson with the London mayoralty said the British government decided that the sum of GBP8 represents the traffic decongestion tariff, not a toll, stressing diplomats benefit from no exemption whatsoever.

Among the first 20 embassies with debts to the municipality, there are France (GBP263,200), Poland (GBP249,000), Romania (GBP203,740), Spain (GBP184,580) and Greece (GBP181,200).