Active speed cameras in West Midlands 'will halve'

[dutchman]

The number of active fixed speed cameras across Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country will be halved from April, it has emerged.



It was thought they would all be switched off after a 50% reduction nationally in road safety budgets.

But West Midlands Police said it would pay more than £1m to keep them running despite having to cut 2,000 jobs in the next four years.

From April there will now be 100 fixed cameras operating in the force area.

There are currently 218 operational out of 304, as some were turned off last summer.