More traffic cameras to be installed on junctions across city

MORE traffic cameras installed in Cardiff.

The location of the new cameras is not yet being released.

But the council has said it will introduce three new cameras on yellow box junctions and eight junctions where turns are banned.

Cardiff became the first city outside of London to install cameras in December 2014.

The first cameras were to monitor bus lanes then the scheme was expanded to monitor yellow box junctions and banned turns.

Drivers are fined either £70 or £35 if they pay promptly.

The council also bought a customised car to check areas like will be resident bays.

Last month it was revealed that despite the council’s audited figures showing that between April 2016 until April 2017 they made £4,721,125 less than £400,000 of that was profit.

The council was asked to explain why the profit margin was so low.

A spokesman said that there were costs associated with staff, cameras, signs, infrastructure, back office support and the appeals process.

The council say the scheme is not to make money but to change the way drivers use the city’s roads.

The number of drivers being caught by bus lane cameras has fallen in the past two months. and loading parking

The most recent figures were for February 2017 which show that 5,668 drivers were issued with fines.

In the month before it was 5,988 down from 9,573 in January.

The highest number of drivers caught was in October 2015 when more than 12,000 drivers were caught.

In total, almost 178,000 people have now been caught driving in bus lanes.

The number of drivers fined for stopping in yellow boxes has also fallen after reaching a high of just over 8,000 in December 2016.