As many residents will recall, acoustic cameras were installed on the A34 Pendleton Way towards the end of October last year.
It has now been confirmed that the initial three month trial period will be extended by a further three months.
Over the course of the initial trial period, from 1st November 2022 to 31st January 2023, there were 239 activations of the camera - including four repeat offences within the first month.
Councillor Craig Browne explained "Following the extension of the trial Cheshire East Highways, working with statutory partners in the Multi-Agency Action Group (including Cheshire Police) will need to give consideration to the making of a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO).
"A PSPO would enable fines to be issued: up to £100 for a first offence."
The noise-activated cameras, which were purchased and installed as a joint venture between the Police & Crime Commissioner and Cheshire East Highways to crack down on noisy anti-social motorists. Placed on a roundabout approach on the A34 Pendleton Way, between Wilmslow and Alderley Edge, they are monitored, virtually, by Cheshire Police.
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Surely it must be time to enforce or scrap, this has been going on way too long already.
How can that be proportionate or justified to continue ?.. and now it appears that no prosecutions can occur unless it is assigned under ' a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO)' for Law enforcement to then enforce.... ???
This really doesn't make sense ... It would appear more actual physical presence and enforcement is the requirement , as was stated many times prior to this 'trial' period commencing...
Driving past this equipment is a bit like driving past Andy Burnham's 'badges of dishonour 3000+ ULEZ zone signs'... with no legislation or infrastructure to enforce them, that now read..UNDER REVIEW !..... well dont review or continue this for the same reasons... use common sense and appropriate resources to deal with this if its such a problem.
I also saw one idiot go from a standing start to, say, 50 or 60.mph within a few seconds, setting off from outside Costa Coffee to just past the entrance to the Waitrose car park ..... he purposely left a large gap between him and the car way ahead of him, then just floored it, with the engine and tyres making an almighty noise.
The residents of Alderley Edge have had enough !
The Police / Authorities must stop these lunatics before someone is killed.
Presumably the Parish Council funded CCTV outside the old Barclays Bank captured this and the Police can ‘have a word’ with the owner of the car
Funnily enough, on this occasion it was a small BMW (3 series) in bright yellow