Hampshire County Council to introduce new traffic enforcement
The proposals aim to improve highway safety and reduce congestion. Hampshire County Council will be installing camera equipment and updating road signs in the coming weeks ready for the start of the local enforcement schemes. Drivers who breach the restrictions will receive a penalty charge notice issued at GBP70, reduced to GBP35 if paid within 21 days.
Sites where the cameras will be installed include the bus gate on Station Hill in Winchester[2], as well as the yellow box marking outside the fire station on the A3057 Alma Road in Romsey[3]. Alma Road in Romsey (Image: Google Maps)The cameras will enable enforcement through Automatic Number Plate Recognition technology. Road signs and markings will also be updated to ensure the restriction is as clear for drivers and is in full compliance with Department for Transport regulations.
Cllr Nick Adams-King, the county council's cabinet lead for universal services including highways, said: "We are implementing new traffic enforcement measures at locations where evidence shows that existing restrictions, such as school 'Keep Clear' markings, banned turns or yellow box junctions, are being frequently ignored. "The aim is to make these locations safer for all road users and to reduce congestion, with an expectation that driver compliance will improve over time. This has been made possible after the Government granted new powers, previously held only by the police, to enable local authorities to undertake civil enforcement of traffic restrictions with a fine."
SEE ALSO: Thousands of Hampshire residents to benefit from multi-million broadband project[4] Updates on the 'go live' for each site will be available on the County Council's webpages. More information can be found on hants.gov.uk/transport/transportschemes/traffic-enforcement-consultation.
The full list of locations where cameras will be installed are:
- Basingstoke - The bus gate at Norn Hill and the pedestrian zone at Alencon Link
- Eastleigh[5] - Yellow box marking on Leigh Road junction with M3 Northbound Slip Road
- Fareham - School Keep Clear marking outside Portchester Community School, White Hart Lane
- Havant - School Keep Clear Markings on Hart Plain Avenue, in Cowplain near to Cowplain School, Hart Plain Infant and Hart Plain Junior Schools
- New Forest - Prohibition of right turn on Staplewood Lane at the junction with A326 Marchwood by-pass
- Rushmoor - Prohibition of right turn on A325 Farnborough Road at the junction with Empress Avenue/Napoleon Avenue in Farnborough
- Romsey - Yellow box marking outside the fire station on the A3057 Alma Road in Romsey
- Winchester - bus gate on Station Hill
References
- ^ Hampshire County Council considering enforcement cameras for Station Hill (www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk)
- ^ Winchester (www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk)
- ^ Romsey (www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk)
- ^ Thousands of Hampshire residents to benefit from multi-million broadband project (www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk)
- ^ Eastleigh (www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk)