Local MP Greg Warreen says the Baird Government has secretly added the Moore-Oxley Bypass as a new mobile speed camera location as fine revenue in NSW reaches record highs.
Motorists have received no warning of the new speed trap, which was quietly added last Friday afternoon to an obscure sub-section of the Centre for Road Safety’s website.
The inclusion of the Moore-Oxley Bypass on the list will allow mobile speed cameras to be set up anywhere along the road between the intersections with Queen Street and Narellan Road, at any time of day.
“It’s appalling that the Government thinks that an upload to an obscure page on a Government website can count as a public announcement,’’ Mr Warren said.
“If the Government wanted to properly tackle speeding in Campbelltown, it wouldn’t announce the new mobile speed camera location in secret.
“Road safety should be about slowing people down, not raising revenue.”
The new location comes on top of the Baird Government collecting record revenue from speed and red-light camera offences which topped $18.6 million for the month of June.
With the road toll in NSW increasing to 244 for 2016, Labor says it can also reveal the government has cut its contribution to road safety and education programs.
In response to a Question on Notice in the Parliament, the Baird Government confirmed it had cut its contribution to the Community Road Safety Fund by $15.5 million last year.
The government is increasingly relying on fines from motorists to fund road safety, says Labor.
The new mobile speed camera location came into effect on Monday, August 1.
