Wiltshire plans cameras to fine lorry drivers breaking rules

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 15 Nov, 05:01 · Archive

Wiltshire Council is proposing to use cameras to catch lorry drivers breaching weight limits and traffic restrictions, with £70 fines.

Wiltshire Council will discuss a new Freight Action Plan and Moving Traffic Enforcement Policy on Wednesday, 18 November, designed to tackle complaints about heavy goods vehicles using unsuitable roads and villages.

The main change would be a camera system to enforce offences including weight restrictions, banned turns and bus gates. Drivers would face £70 fines, reduced to £35 if paid within 14 days. During the first six months at a new site, a driver's first offence would result in a warning only.

The council was granted the enforcement powers in 2024 but is now establishing rules for selecting locations. There is currently no identified council budget to install cameras, meaning approval would not result in immediate enforcement. Town and parish councils could potentially pay to install enforcement themselves where the council does not fund a location.

The Freight Action Plan would also overhaul Wiltshire's advisory lorry network, unchanged since 2011. Changes include adding the A3102 between Lyneham and Calne and replacing the suggested A342 route to Tidworth through Ludgershall with the A338 from the A303.

How it is being reported

• New camera will catch out misbehaving lorry drivers and fine themLorry drivers who ignore weight limits and other traffic restrictions could eventually be caught by cameras and handed £70 fines under major new plans for Wiltshire's roads.Gazette & Herald · 15 Nov, 04:26
• New camera will catch out misbehaving lorry drivers and fine themLorry drivers who ignore weight limits and other traffic restrictions could eventually be caught by cameras and handed £70 fines under major new plans for Wiltshire's roads.Wiltshire Times · 15 Nov, 04:26
• New camera will catch out misbehaving lorry drivers and fine themLorry drivers who ignore weight limits and other traffic restrictions could eventually be caught by cameras and handed £70 fines under major new plans for Wiltshire's roads.Swindon Advertiser · 15 Nov, 04:26

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