Cameras remvoed
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I'll assume they've found a more profitable place to put them then.
edited to add - can someone fix the typo in the title please
>>> Edited by gopher on Tuesday 22 February 22:42
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TWO sets of speed cameras are being removed from the borough's roads.
The decision to get rid of cameras on the A217 Reigate Hill, along with a camera in Epsom Lane North, Tadworth, comes after a rigorous review on the locations of fixed speed cameras and red light cameras at traffic light junctions.
Although cameras are still considered effective in the fight against speeding drivers, several sites no longer need them due to alternative measures being carried out.
Since the installation of a camera near the top of Reigate Hill, the road markings have been altered.
It is therefore agreed that the camera is no longer needed at this site - but the camera lower down Reigate Hill will remain.
The Tadworth camera was introduced as part of an initiative to increase the speed limit of the road to 40mph, this was never actually enforced and the camera is no longer needed.
The two borough sites are likely to get either speed-activated flashing "slow down" signs, or have police officers or civilian volunteers posted there with speed guns.
The cameras will be removed by April 1.
The move comes after the setting up of a Surrey Safety Camera Partnership to reduce road deaths.
Surrey County Council, Surrey Police, Surrey magistrates and the Highways Agency have joined forces after being given the green light by the Department for Transport.
A spokesman from the Safety Camera Partnership said cameras were only installed after meeting strict criteria, but stressed alternative means of cutting speed were always being reviewed.
I'll assume they've found a more profitable place to put them then.
edited to add - can someone fix the typo in the title please
>>> Edited by gopher on Tuesday 22 February 22:42
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