Council to spend £700,000 on new Bath Road speed cameras
A speed limit of 30 miles per hour along the entire road, running east-west through Slough, was introduced in July last year[1] - down from 40 miles per hour on some stretches. Slough Borough Council leaders have now agreed to spend an estimated GBP700,000 on new speed cameras - although it is still waiting for Thames Valley Police to approve their locations. A council spokesperson said: "We will share more information on the scheme and any works in advance of them happening."
READ MORE: Experimental road closures set to begin on Bath Road and Littledown Road[2]
The reduced speed limits were first approved by council leaders on the cabinet committee in November 2023 as part of their 'A4 Safer Roads scheme', then implemented last July.
Speaking last July councillor Paul Kelly, responsible for roads, said the reduced speed limits were 'the start of a wider programme of road safety countermeasures to make the A4 and other roads safer'. He said the scheme would include 'average speed cameras, red-light camera systems, road surface treatments, improved pedestrian and cycle crossings'. The cabinet committee then agreed to spend the GBP700,000 on new cameras at a meeting in April.
Plans say the cameras will be paid for with money from the government that can only be used for maintaining and improving local transport infrastructure.
References
- ^ introduced in July last year (www.sloughobserver.co.uk)
- ^ Experimental road closures set to begin on Bath Road and Littledown Road (www.sloughobserver.co.uk)