ANPR camera installed on Bridgwater's Northern Distributor Road

8:00pm Sunday 17th February 2013 in News

A TRAFFIC camera has been installed along Bridgwater’s Northern Distributor Road.

Traffic controls were in place on Homberg Way until Friday for the installation of the Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) camera.

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Samej1 says...
8:14pm Sun 17 Feb 13

Very misleading with the Police reference - these are nothing to do with police or VOSA etc..

They have been installed by EDF to monitor HGV movements for the forthcoming works.

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Samej1 says...
8:15pm Sun 17 Feb 13

Oh and the picture is quite obviously wrong too.

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windswept and interesting says...
8:45pm Sun 17 Feb 13

What rubbish reporting - they have already put out an article explaining what these were being used for - don't hey read their own articles ??

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Mr Pedant says...
9:01pm Sun 17 Feb 13

There are two on Quantock Road near the cemetary and two on the Cannington bypass but I haven't seen any on the NDR.

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RustyKnight says...
9:54am Mon 18 Feb 13

Sounds about right for the Mercury, totally the wrong information, wrong photo, etc. Its about time they let their reporters out of their cages to wander freely and see what's actually going on in the area instead of feeding them drivel from the internet!

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TJB says...
1:02pm Mon 18 Feb 13

Originally we were told cameras were for sole use of EDF & would not be providing info to police. They would enable EDF to track their transport vehicles ensuring they stuck to the agreed routes.
Now the Mercury reports they could be used by police to alert them of stolen or wanted vehicles.
It would be nice to get the true story, including who is responsible for the maintenance and who paid for all the installation costs. My guess is the poor taxpayers again, as they will for a large portion of the Hinkley construction along with a guaranteed profit for EDF.
Can EDF or our ministers clarify?

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Samej1 says...
2:13pm Mon 18 Feb 13

http://infrastructur
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Makes interesting reading... didn't realise there already is an ANPR camera in town

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Mr Pedant says...
7:03pm Mon 18 Feb 13

The ANPR on Broadway near the junction with West Street has been there a considerable time, certainly since last year.

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Samej1 says...
7:44pm Mon 18 Feb 13

Mr Pedant wrote:
The ANPR on Broadway near the junction with West Street has been there a considerable time, certainly since last year.
Thanks, as I said I didn't know it was there so wonder how effective it's been....

Picking through the document linked above, one thing stood out - an 'authorised' diversion route for works traffic should the A39 be closed is through Wembdon. Bet that'll be fun for all.

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RustyKnight says...
9:58am Tue 19 Feb 13

Won't make much difference, nine times out of ten when the A39 is closed its on Cannington Straight, which way are they going to send this works traffic then? Probably via Spaxton!

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