Oxfordshire's 72 axed fixed camera sites look set to be turned back on, a mere three months after they were turned off.
The news threatens to reverse the recent trend towards cutting, cancelling or reviewing 'scamera' programmes, which have come under scrutiny in the wake of dramatic cuts in government spending..
All 72 fixed camera sites and 89 mobile sites in Oxfordshire were mothballed in August after the county council withdrew £600k of funding to Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership as a result of cuts in central government funding.
But police are now said to be close to a deal with the county council that could bring the cameras back into force "We've been in discussion with our partners at Thames Valley police and we're close to an agreement to have the cameras switched back on in the future," said a council spokesman. "We look forward to being able to reveal the detail of that agreement in future weeks."