Infrastructure for a dozen new speed cameras is being installed along one of Cornwall’s most dangerous roads. It forms as part of a £750,000 road safety scheme aimed at reducing collisions and improving driver behaviour. The work is being carried out on the A38 between the Carkeel roundabout and Trerulefoot in south east Cornwall, says Cornwall Live.

The move comes just over three years since Highways News reported that a consultation had been launched.

Funded by National Highways and the Vision Zero South West Road Safety Partnership, the scheme, which was announced in March, will comprise 10 Jenoptik average speed camera installations and two new spot speed cameras along the stretch of road, with new 30mph speed restrictions installed in the villages of Landrake and Tideford.

Motorists driving along that section of the A38 have noticed new yellow poles have now been put up but are missing the cameras on top. National Highways has explained this is because it is currently installing infrastructure for both the new average cameras and replacing the old spot speed cameras.

Once this is complete, the cameras will be put up and calibrated before being fully operational and enforceable later this summer. In addition to the new average speed camera technology being installed, there will also be three new spot speed cameras on the A38 – at Landrake, Tideford and Notter.

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