GoSafe says it will process the offences captured by the camera scheme and initially use advice letters.
A4054 Cardiff Road, Troedyrhiw, where the cameras will be activated(Image: Google Maps)
GoSafe has announced 20mph speed cameras will be activated in Merthyr Tydfil next week. The road casualty reduction partnership for Wales states that highways authorities install fixed cameras where the “risk of a collision is highest”.
On June 16 it will switch on two new fixed 20mph speed cameras at A4054 Cardiff Road, Troedyrhiw, both northbound and southbound. GoSafe says it will process the offences captured by the camera scheme and initially use advice letters.
This will be the case for the first four weeks each camera is active. Stay informed on everything Merthyr Tydfil by signing up to our newsletter here.
It says: “These letters allow us to engage first and tell people the correct speed limit, instead of using educational courses or prosecutions.
“An advice letter will only be offered to people who haven’t already received one in Wales. We recognise that most people want to drive safely through their communities.
“However, if they were unaware of the correct speed limit, they may be regularly passing a fixed camera and unknowingly breaking the law.
“This could put people at risk of losing their licence. Using the advice letters supports our aim of making our roads safer and only using enforcement as a last resort.”
GoSafe is the largest partnership of its type in the UK and is made up of 27 equal partners comprising the 22 unitary authorities in Wales, four Welsh police forces, and the Welsh Government.
It is responsible for fixed speed cameras, red light cameras, average speed cameras, and mobile enforcement cameras.
It says its overall aim is to “make people safer on Welsh roads by reducing casualties and saving lives” by “providing education, enforcement, and engineering solutions across the roads in Wales”.
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