A new speed camera has been installed on the Goulburn Valley Fwy.
Photo by
Megan Fisher
A new camera installed on the Goulburn Valley Fwy has raised eyebrows ― and questions about whether more are on the way.
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The News reached out to the Victorian Department of Justice and Community Safety, which said a point-to-point camera network was being installed on the Goulburn Valley Fwy near Mangalore.
Once complete, the cameras will be on the lookout for speeding motorists on a 45km stretch of the Goulburn Valley Fwy.
The first two sites, at Mangalore and Tabilk, are expected to start enforcement in the coming months, and the entire network is expected to be completed and in operation in late 2025, the department said.
Point-to-point road safety cameras calculate the average speed of a vehicle, by measuring the time taken to travel between two points.
If the average speed exceeds the speed limit, the incident is then sent for verification to determine if a speeding offence has occurred.
A spokesperson from the department said Victoria’s road safety camera program “plays a critical role in changing driver behaviour, reducing serious injuries and saving lives”.
“That’s why we’re investing in a third point-to-point camera network on the Goulburn Valley Fwy near Mangalore, to prevent crashes and death on our roads,” the spokesperson said.
“Every dollar received from road safety cameras goes to the Better Roads Victoria Trust, where it is spent on road restoration, road surface replacement, bridge strengthening and other road safety infrastructure improvements.”
A point-to-point camera network is being installed on the Goulburn Valley Fwy.
Photo by
Megan Fisher
There are two point-to-point camera networks currently operating in Victoria.
One is on the Hume Fwy, which has 28 cameras across 14 locations — seven in each direction — between Euroa and Epping.
The other is on the Peninsula Link, with 25 cameras at eight sites — four in each direction — from Carrum Downs to Mount Martha.
The locations of road safety cameras are determined by the Road Safety Camera Site Selection Committee, which is chaired by Victoria Police, and has representatives from the Department of Transport and Planning and the Department of Justice and Community Safety.
The committee considers the location crash history, the road type, the site suitability for a camera and the demonstrated accident risk when deciding the location of road safety cameras.
More information about road safety camera sites and how to suggest a site location is available athttps://tinyurl.com/7f4u27v8
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