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Members of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council will be
asked to back the motion after the last of the West Midlands ’
cameras were turned off on April 1.
The West Midlands Casualty Reduction Scheme turned off the devices after its funding from councils was cut.
Until 2007 fines cash went to the organisations but it now
goes direct to the Treasury.
The motion, from Labour Kingshurst & Fordbridge member
David Jamieson, says: “This Ccuncil is deeply concerned at the decommissioning
of the remaining safety cameras on our roads in Solihull which have saved
lives, particularly of children and the elderly and calls on the Coalition
Government to reintroduce the previous system whereby speeders paid for the
operation of the cameras by their fines being returned to local Safety
Partnerships.”
The council will meet on Tuesday.
