These are the five 'most dangerous' roads in Lancashire where new average speed cameras are being installed
In association with the Department for Transport, the foundation established the Safer Roads Fund to target the 50 most high-risk sections of A-road in England with a range of safety interventions. Five of those routes were identified as being in Lancashire - with two in the top ten - and the county council was successful in its bid for a share of the fund as a result.
Average speed cameras have been in use on several of Lancashire’s busiest roads for five years - including the A6, London Road, in Preston and the A583, Blackpool Road, in Fylde - to identify vehicle speeds over a wide area, rather than at a fixed point. They aim to encourage consistent compliance with speed limits rather than adherence just at the moment when a motorist passes a standalone camera.
“A lot of work has actually gone into identifying ..what should the speed limits be on these roads. And so...a number of consultations have [been undertaken] to work out [whether] these speeds are right - or should we be lowering them in certain places?” County Cllr Edwards explained.The limits have been reviewed on longer streches of the routes than those sections that will be covered by the new average speed cameras.
However, highways officials decided not to deviate from any of their original proposals. They said of the revised limits on the A588 - one of the ten most dangerous routes nationwide - that the reduction “balanc[ed] the need to improve road safety, but also to provide for the reasonable movement of traffic”.
County Cllr Edwards said that the issue of funding for new cameras was one that was often raised - and that he would like to see “far more enforcement” on Lancashire’s roads.
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