Axe falls on Swindon's speed cameras

8:47pm Wednesday 22nd October 2008

By James Wallin

SWINDON Council’s cabinet has unanimously voted to scrap speed cameras.

The landmark decision to withdraw from the Wiltshire & Swindon Safety Camera Partnership, which runs speed cameras, was made at a meeting tonight.

It will see the end of static cameras across the borough, although the council has vowed to introduce other methods to control drivers’ speeds.

In a poll earlier this week, 60 per cent of Adver readers backed the plan to abolish speed cameras.

For a full report from the meeting and reaction, see tomorrow’s Adver.

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