AVERAGE speed cameras could be introduced in Solihull
as part of plans to return the devices to the borough.
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Five cameras are to be set up in the borough in a pilot
scheme after 304 were switched off in the West Midlands
last April beause of funding cuts.
Bosses then said it would be too expensive to buy and
process film for the devices but are now looking at new digital cameras or
converting film cameras to digital.
Birmingham City Council, Solihull Metropolitan Borough
Council and West Midlands Police are behind the £430,000 project.
A Solihull council report said: “One
type of digital fixed spot camera has the potential to be deployed in existing
camera housings and the pilot scheme will consider the upgrading of the
existing wet film sites to digital technology.
“However, the procurement process will enable suppliers to
propose the equipment that it most appropriate and may include average speed
enforcement camera equipment to control vehicle speeds on some lengths of
road.”
It said the pilot aims “to support the reduction of
road casualties and deter speeding on West
Midlands roads as well as informing and educating people of the
benefits that digital technology can bring in reducing road traffic
collisions”.
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