Bristol speed cameras switched back on

Police are starting to switch speed cameras back on across Avon and Somerset.

The first one to be re-activated today is on the A4 at Bath Road Hill in Saltford.

The cameras were turned off in 2011 after government funding was withdrawn but, as part of a new road safety initiative, 29 static cameras will brought back into use across the region.

Avon and Somerset Police’s Road Safety Superintendent Richard Corrigan said: “Our message is loud and clear – drivers should assume that all roadside fixed cameras are now operational and to drive accordingly.

“Drivers who choose to exceed the speed limit can expect to be caught and prosecuted if you exceed the legal speed limit.”

The cameras will be switched back on in a phased programme over the coming weeks and months. Police say the revenue raised will be used to fund the camera maintenance and enforcement.

Supt Corrigan said the switch on would be “cost neutral” as there was a “camera infrastructure worth more than two million pounds lying dormant on the roadsides in the force area”.

Police and Crime Commissioner Sue Mountstevens said the reactivation would be a “positive move” and she said many people have been “pressing to have the cameras in their communities turned back on as soon as possible. I’m pleased that I can now tell them they are back on”.

Full list of camera locations:

Bristol:

A4 Bath Road, (PDSA), Bristol

A4 Bath Road (Supertune), Brislington

B3122 St John’s lane, Bristol

A4 Bath Road (Monument), Bristol

A4 Hotwells Road, nr Clifton Wood

Filton Avenue, Horfield, Bristol

A4018 Westbury Road, Bristol

A4 Portway westbound, Shirehampton

A4 Portway eastbound, Shirehampton

BANES:

A4 Bath Road, near The Shallows, Saltford

A37 Pensford Hill, near Station Approach junction, Pensford

 
South Glos:

A420 Hill Street, Fairview Road junction, Kingswood

New Cheltenham Road/Syston Way, near Northend Road junction, Kingswood

A38 Gloucester Road, southbound, near Redfield Road junction, Patchway

A4174 Filton Road, Coldharbour Lane junction, Filton

A4174 Station Road, Filton Avenue junction, near the College, Filton

A38 Gloucester Road, northbound, near Patchway roundabout, Patchway

A4174 Station Road, eastbound, near junction 4174 Link Road, Filton

A4174 Station Road, westbound, near junction 4174 Link Road, Filton

A38 Gloucester Road, southbound, Station Road junction, Filton

A38 Gloucester Road North, southbound, Gayner Road junction, Filton

Somerset:

A38 Bridgwater Road, Cross

A39 Bath Road, near junction B3141 Woolavington Hill, Bawdrip

Fore Street, Othery

A38 Bristol Road, Rookbridge

A38 Chritchard Parkway, junction A38 East Reach, Taunton

A358, near junction Lipe Lane/Stoke Road, Henlade

North Somerset:

B3440 New Bristol Road, near Mendip Green First School, Worle, WSM