Privatised speed cameras to be rolled out next year

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Contract for speed cameras signed

The Government has signed a contract with a private firm to provide up to 6,000 hours per month of speed camera enforcement.

Speaking at the Templemore Garda College today, Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern said the cameras should be in place by the middle of 2010.

The Go Safe consortium, which includes Spectra, French firm Egis (the parent company of Transroute, which operates the Dublin Port Tunnel) and Australian multinational Redflex, was identified as the preferred bidder in June 2008.

Mr Ahern said the cameras were being introduced to reduce speeding and not to raise revenue, although he said the estimated €16 million annual running cost of the cameras would be offset by fines imposed on motorists.

The project will remain under the control of An Garda, through a new Garda Office for Safety Camera Management, who will decide the location, frequency and timing of speed checks.

These decisions will be also be based on 700 collision prone stretches of road which have been identified by gardaí.

“This is not a revenue generating exercise; instead its purpose is to stop people speeding on our roads in the interest of the safety of us all”, Minister Ahern said.

Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey said today reducing excessive and inappropriate speed on roads was key safety issue.

Go Safe will provide and maintain the speed cameras, conduct speed checks and process data from motorists caught speeding using their equipment, and existing Garda speed cameras. Read more…

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