Motorways: Cameras

(asked on 30th January 2019) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect type approval to be issued for the cameras needed to properly enforce regulations on smart motorways; and whether they intend to postpone the opening of further sections of smart motorway until such approval has been received.


Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
This question was answered on 13th February 2019

The Home Office is working towards providing type approval for this technology.

Decisions about postponing the opening of further sections of smart motorway until such type approval is provided would be a matter for Highways England

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