New street cameras to catch red light jumpers

THEY ALSO RECORD YOUR SPEED

- CARL EVE

NEW cameras in one of the city’s busiest streets will also be able to catch red-light jumpers as well as speeding motorists. Earlier this month Plymouth City Council confirmed Outland Road would endure closed lanes inbound and outbound to allow for safety camera installation works to be carried out.

This followed news published by The Herald in May this year that Vision Zero South West (VZSW), in collaboration with local authorities across the two counties and National Highways, was beginning to invest in updating some of the ageing static speed and red light cameras across Devon and Cornwall, with a number Plymouth sites among the first.

At that time a spokesperson for the VZSW said the organisation recognised camera systems were not always popular, but were “sometimes necessary to improve road speed and red light compliance.