TWO streets in Edinburgh will see fixed speed cameras switched on for the first time next week in a bid to improve road safety.
Both Murrayburn Road and Liberton Gardens in the Scottish capital will have the fixed speed Gatso cameras turned on from Monday, April 14, and will replace the mobile enforcement that had been in place in each location before.
The camera on Murrayburn Road will monitor eastbound traffic while the camera on Liberton Gardens will watch southbound traffic.
Safety camera vans had been monitoring both the streets with members of Police Scotland operating the speed enforcement equipment.
The road in Liberton Gardens saw an average of three offences per hour when mobile enforcement was not in place, police said.
Meanwhile, speed surveys found a high number of motorists were travelling above the two areas' 30mph speed limit, and a disproportionate number of offences occurred when mobile enforcement was not in place.
Police Scotland said the two locations would benefit from a trial of fixed cameras operating in the area, and it is hoped they will act as a deterrent to stop people speeding and make the roads safer.
Michael Grant, East Safety Camera Unit manager, said the fixed cameras will be in operation 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
He said: “Despite mobile camera enforcement at both locations, speed surveys found that 45% of vehicles on Murrayburn Road and 34% of vehicles on Liberton Gardens were travelling above the 30mph speed limit.
“The East Safety Camera Unit also found that on Liberton Gardens, there was an average of three offences per hour out with hours of mobile enforcement.
“Fixed cameras are operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week, therefore will be a permanent deterrent, improving speed limit compliance and making these roads safer for all road users.”
