SPEED cameras could make £6m a year for Kent if plans to instal more go ahead.
The Kent Safety Camera Project will allow the revenue produced from the fines of motorists to be used for casualty reduction measures.
At the moment £1.5m a year from the 25,000 speed camera tickets issued in Kent goes back to the Lord Chancellor.
A survey has also showed where cameras cover accident hotspots road deaths have reduced by about seven per cent 14 times the national reduction.
Assistant Chief Constable Mike Bowron speaking to a Kent Police Association meeting said: "The scheme is not aimed at persecuting motorists, but about reducing the number of deaths and accidents."
At the moment, Kent has 37 speed cameras at casualty hotspots and a further six should be installed this year.
A spokesman for north Kent police said: "The scheme will run into north Kent. At the moment Kent Police's traffic unit is deciding where the cameras will be placed."
Kent County Council's highways advisory board has recommended the council should take part in the project.
If the Kent scheme is approved it could start by spring 2002.
November 12, 2001 12:58
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