Radar checks in Inverness's Lochardil area after speeding vehicle concern
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VEHICLE speeds through an Inverness estate have been monitored by lamppost mounted radar devices as concern grows about speeding drivers.
The monitoring equipment was set up by Highland Council in Balnakyle Road, Lochardil, after Councillor Alasdair Christie received complaints and was himself concerned about irresponsible driving in the area.
And if the radar devices find that the 20mph limit is being regularly flouted, then more severe traffic calming measures could be brought in.
Cllr Christie said: “That road is often busy with small people walking and cycling to school and elderly walking to the pharmacy, so we are trying to find out more about traffic behaviour.”
The monitors, which have been in use in the Highlands for 10 years, will identify vehicle type and speed, and at what time it was clocked.
Cllr Christie, who lives in Lochardil, said: “Despite five years of speed bumps and a 20mph speed limit coming in, Balnakyle Road is becoming a bit of a rat run.
“The speed tables seem quite effective at curbing speed, but the speed pillows don’t seem to be working.”
He agreed that vans and bigger cars simply straddle the smaller control measures while other cars accelerate over the limit between speed bumps.
“This radar measure is really to get data,” he added. “People have been complaining, and if the monitoring backs up people’s fears then it could lead to more effective anti-speeding measures.
“The police are aware of the concerns. Cars speeding in Lochardil has been raised with them repeatedly, and they do take some spot-check action occasionally.”
All data collected is anonymous.
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