Average speed cameras will be a first for Caithness
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Average speed cameras on the A9 between Carrbridge and Slochd, currently the most northern average speed cameras on the Perth-to-Inverness section of the A9 (25 July 2014).Pictures: Andrew Smith..
Mobile average speed cameras are to be deployed for the first time in Caithness, on part of the A836, west of Thurso.
They are to track the speed of traffic between Reay and Forss on the main north coast road, which is part of the North Coast 500.
The measure was revealed to members of Thurso Community Council at their meeting on Tuesday.
Thurso-based Sergeant Stephen Todd said: “Mobile average speed cameras are due to be running on the A836 between Forss and Reay next month. They will work similar to those on the A9 between Inverness and Perth.”
The scheme is being spearheaded by the Northern Safety Camera Partnership and Highland Council and is initially scheduled to run for three months.
The area to be covered includes the Forss straight which has been the focus of a major safety campaign in recent years. It has become known as a speeding and accident hotspot, particularly involving workers travelling to and from Dounreay and Vulcan.
Campaigners have called for a cut in the 60mph limit, double white lines and the deployment of speed camera vans.
A motorist escaped injury when his car left the road on the Forss straight on Tuesday afternoon and collided with a lamp-post.
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