Speed cameras could soon be installed on a trial basis, but it hasn’t been decided where.

Jason Moorhouse, MHK forArbory, Castletown and Malew asked three questions on the introduction of the cameras.

The introduction of speed cameras was announced by Infrastructure Minister Tim Baker who said the Department of Infrastructure ’is currently considering a trial to test the installation of fixed speed cameras’.

Mr Baker added: ’At present, no specific locations have been identified as a potential trial site.

’The department will work with partner agencies in the island’s Road Safety Partnership to ensure that any cameras are placed at locations where they will provide a clear and meaningful benefit to the island’s road safety and the delivery of the road safety strategy.’

When asked whether the DoI may be considering installing the cameras in rural villages such as St Marks, where a large number of people have been recorded speeding this year, Mr Baker repeated his first answer.

As well as asking where the cameras could be situated, Mr Moorhouse also asked the Attorney General if they are legal in the island.

Attorney General John Quinn said: ’The location of fixed-based speed cameras on the island is provided for by section 32A of the Highways Act 1986, which was inserted into the 1986 Act by the Highways (Amendment) Act 2016.’

The Act states that the department ’may install and maintain on, in, over or near a highway structures, apparatus and equipment, including automatic number-plate recognition equipment and systems, for the detection and prevention of traffic and other offences’.

Public reaction to the plan to introduce speed cameras has been mixed, with some in support saying it will improve road safety, while others are seeking to create a petition to oppose the introduction of any speed cameras in the Isle of Man.

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