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Sept 2021
Last Updated: 16/09/2021
Two new portable speed cameras to patrol Ripon
Ripon is set to get two mobile speed cameras from next week. The cameras will move around a number of roads identified by the council.
Ripon City Council has announced two speeding signs will be purchased for the city.
The initiative is in partnership with North Yorkshire County Council and will see two vehicle activated speed signs for the city.
The signs show the speed of the car as it approaches.
The council has identified a number of roads with cars often spotted going too fast. The roads are heavily used, often with children and families walking on pavements at peak hours.
These include:
- Harrogate Road
- Dalamires Lane
- Quarry Moor Road
- Whitcliffe Lane
- Lead Lane
- South Grange Road
- Boroughbridge Road
- Mallorie Park Drive
- Palace Road
- Kirkby Road
- Studley Road
The signs will move around these roads from next week.
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- Academics to review speed limit enforcement in North Yorkshire
- Ripon to get two CCTV cameras after ‘mini crime wave’
Inspector Alex Langley of North Yorkshire Police welcomed the initiative, commenting that the implementation of this new technology should remind the road users of Ripon about excess speed and hopefully educate and encourage them to slow down.
He said:
"North Yorkshire Police fully supports this campaign and we will continue to take positive action against those road users that continue to speed and commit driving offence."
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