LTN BOLLARDS TO BE REPLACED BY CAMERAS
A council has announced it will soon start work on installing Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras at six low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) in Oxford.
Oxfordshire County Council said it will swap the traffic-calming bollards with cameras at six locations across Cowley and East Oxford.
Emergency, waste, and postal services, taxi and private hire vehicles, as well as buses at the Littlemore Road closure point, will be exempt.
The council plans for the cameras to go live from the week beginning 29 April.
ANPR cameras are triggered by vehicles passing through restricted areas and record only the license plate details of those vehicles.
They will operate continuously, but can be turned off in the event of an emergency incident to facilitate traffic diversions.
When turned on, anyone who drives through and is not exempt, will receive a fine.
The cameras will replace bollards on Crescent Road, Littlehay Road, Littlemore Road, Divinity Road, James Street and Magdalen Road.
The council said planters would be retained either side of the restriction wherever possible.
Appropriate signage will be installed warning motorists of the cameras.
Bill Cotton, Oxfordshire County Council's director for environment and place, said the decision followed public consultations and close engagement with the emergency services.
He said: “ANPR cameras will allow emergency service and other essential vehicles to travel through these six points.
"We will continue to monitor the LTN areas and will review the need for ANPR cameras and exemptions when we trial the traffic filters from this autumn," Mr Cotton added.
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