One of the first of the new cameras was installed in Kaiwaka this year. Photo / John Stone
One of the first of the new cameras was installed in Kaiwaka this year. Photo / John Stone
New speed cameras are on their way for high-crash areas in Counties-Manukau. Awhitu Rd in Karioitahi and Glenbrook Rd, Kingseat, are among 33 sites across the country where speed cameras will be installed in an effort to slow drivers and reduce deaths and injuries. The cameras are being placed in highcrash risk areas identified by independent traffic experts, says operations manager road policing inspector, Peter McKennie.
He says international evidence showed cameras can slow people down.
"This is why we are working to place safe speed cameras at this and other sites, to encourage people to reduce their mean speeds which, when coupled with road safety improvements and other measures, helps to reduce deaths and injuries," McKennie says.
Site works for the 33 sites were announced in May this year, and represent the third phase of the $10m static camera expansion programme announced in July 2013.
Work to install the first poles that will eventually hold the cameras began early this month, and the poles for the Awhitu Rd and Glenbrook Rd sites will be put in soon.
