Camera police

MOTORISTS in Manchester could be policed by cameras at key junctions - and the council also hopes for 'experimental powers' to enforce 20mph zones.

- By ETHAN DAVIES Local Democracy Reporting Service

Manchester councillors hope to install automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras at seven junctions where it enforces 'moving traffic offences' for crimes like ignoring yellow box markings, making a right or left turn when prohibited, or driving the wrong way down a one-way street.

Rule-breakers can be penalised £70 by Manchester council, which secured enforcement powers from the government in late 2023.

Now, a motion proposed to a town hall meeting today calls for 'accelerated ANPR roll-out' and 'expediting additional high-risk sites for enforcement.