Junctions where drivers will be fined for breaking rules

New cameras designed to catch motorists making unlawful manouevres on Lancashire's roads are finally set to be switched on in the coming weeks - a year after they were first intended to go live.

- by Paul Faulkner

County Hall says the cameras will be turned on early this year

The kit has been installed at four locations across Preston, Lancaster and Accrington to keep an all-seeing eye on places where turning bans and no entry restrictions are in force - enabling fines to be issued to anyone snapped flouting the rules.

Lancashire County Council was given the green light to use the automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) devices almost three years ago under new powers introduced by the government allowing local authorities to take action against drivers committing so-called 'moving traffic offences'. However, as the Post revealed in December 2024, the cameras were still not in operation almost two years later.

At that point, highways bosses said they planned to bring them into use at the start of 2025-but after the Post recently asked how much money had been generated from fines handed out since the cameras were introduced, it emerged that they were still not up and running.