Filenews 14 May 2021 by Michalis Hatzivasilis
By the end of October we are finally expected to see the first eight traffic cameras on Cypriot roads, although everything is ready even now for the system to be implemented.
According to "F" information, the American giant that won the offer has already submitted its final plan to the Department of Electromechanical Services, which is expected to be approved by the end of the month. If everything goes smoothly and there are no observations, then the contractor has six months to start implementing the three-month pilot phase that will be a trial phase. The company may of course start "reporting" drivers of offenders earlier, but only for practical purposes, since when the official implementation of the system approaches, the public will be informed of where the four fixed cameras will be located. As for the four mobiles, they will be decided each time by the Traffic Police and set them up on a motorway, after there has been a sign that the road is being monitored by traffic cameras.
As "F" wrote, the first four fixed cameras will be placed at the junction of Griva Digeni and Demosthenes Severi avenues (formerly Honda lights).
All procedures are within the timetables and it is expected that the first pilot phase of the photo-pointing system will be implemented by the end of October. A total of 90 fixed cameras and 20 mobile cameras will be installed, which will be mainly used on motorways throughout Cyprus.
According to the information of the "F", the central system to which the complaints will end will be installed in the offices of "Group 4" for protection reasons, while there will be also the Police Photo-point Office that will handle the whole system.
The pilot phase will be followed by the first phase in which another 16 mobile and another 20 constants will be installed and the second phase where a further 66 constants will be installed within 12 months after receipt of the first phase. The process of implementing the whole system will take about two years.
The cameras will record speed limit violation, non-use of the safety belt, non-use of motorcycle helmets, use of a mobile phone, non-compliance with the traffic light when the color is red and violation of the waiting line in traffic lights.
