THE controversial point-to-point speed cameras on the Mount Lindesay Highway will be switched on in November.
The Queensland Police Service confirmed to the Times on Friday that the speed cameras are currently undergoing the final stages of testing and that all testing should be completed by the end of October.
Situated on the Mount Lindesay Highway at Park Ridge South and north of Camp Cable Road at Jimboomba, the cameras will measure a vehicle’s average speed between the two points to determine whether a speeding offence has occurred.
The speed limit between Park Ridge South and Jimboomba is 90 kilometres per hour and once switched on, the cameras will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Drivers risk fines of $162 if caught over the 90km/h limit, $243 if recorded more than 13km/h over the limit or $406 if they are snapped more than 20km/h over the limit.
In a statement, Queensland Police said the new camera system should be operational in early November.
“Once full acceptance testing has been completed by the camera vendor and the Traffic Camera Office (TCO), the TCO will ensure advisory signs are in place to inform motorists that a speed camera is ahead, the statement read.
“Operational enforcement will only commence after a media statement is released by the Queensland Police Service.”
The cameras were one of the key recommendations of the state government’s high-profile Mount Lindesay Highway safety review that was undertaken in 2015.
The review found Mount Lindesay Highway was one of Queensland’s unsafest roads and had one of the highest crash rates of any road in the state.
While the installation of speed cameras won support from Logan MP Linus Power in July, Times readers overwhelmingly rejected the move.
Critics say the speed cameras are located in a notoriously congested part of the highway that will leave them ineffective at peak times, while others said the cameras were a band-aid situation for a much bigger problem.
