A Sound Financial Move or an Unnecessary Risk?
Date: Friday, December 17 @ 14:01:34 UTC
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 The Yeovil Express reports that Somerset County Council has taken the first step towards switching off all of its fixed speed cameras, something the council is hoping will be completed by April of 2011. Spurred by mounting financial concerns, they can no longer see their way clear to maintaining the cameras.
When the proposal was first made, the local police made an application to take over the responsibility for maintaining and replacing the fixed safety cameras. The council claims, however, that the police's offer would not make up for the financial burden that the aging speed cameras are now placing on the county, especially since many of the cameras are nearing the end of their operational life and would have to be replaced, most likely with upgraded cameras that cost more than the county is willing to spend.
The cameras that are currently being used by Somerset are projected to cost some £60,000 per year with the cost of converting them to digital output threatening another £405,000.
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