ANPR camera to be installed on Banbury street
28/02/2025
The camera will be used to enforce a buses only stretch of road
An Automatic Number Plate Recognition camera is going to be installed on a Banbury street to help enforce a buses only rule on a stretch of road.
Oxfordshire County Council is introducing cameras in a number of locations across the county to enforce existing vehicle restrictions.
One will be positioned on the Hardwick estate to oversee a section of Rother Road, leading to Usher Drive, which is marked as only for bus use.
The proposal was one of a number approved by Andrew Gant – the county council’s cabinet member for transport management – yesterday.
In a consultation 64 people had supported the idea of a camera on Rother Road, with one more partially agreeing. 135 people had objected.
In passing all of the new Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras proposed for Oxfordshire Councillor Gant said: “It is about better enforcement of existing traffic regulation orders, which were all passed for good reason through democratic process – often by administrations other than the one that I am part of.
“They are in place to make communities safer, to make access easier and I therefore am very happy to agree all the recommendations.”
Money received from fines is ringfenced under legislation and is used to offset administrative and enforcement costs. Any surplus can only fund approved transport related improvements.
Published: by the Banbury FM News Team
Roger England On 28/02/2025 at 3:35 pm
64 people for, 135 against so they will put it in, sounds to me like democracy in action, at least Oxfordshire County Council interpretation of it.
Abdul Razzaq On 28/02/2025 at 5:07 pm
so you going to ignore 135 is that democracy
d bayley On 28/02/2025 at 5:13 pm
It’s the bureaucracy in action. this isn’t democracy. The old for your “safety” BS argument again …. how about you empty the bins and fox the pot holes and fire off some gravy train riders.