Eight new traffic cameras start operating in Limassol and Larnaca districts

Eight new traffic cameras have started operating in Limassol and Larnaca districts.
According to the police, in Limassol, two cameras have been activated at the intersection of 28th October and Iakovou Tombazi Avenues, another two at the Amathounta Avenue intersection opposite the Arsinoe hotel, and two at the junction of Amathounta Avenue and Ariadne Street.
Four fixed cameras were already operating in Limassol district at the intersection of Archbishop Makarios III- Nikos Pattichis and Archbishop Leontios Avenues and four at the intersection of Archbishop Makarios III and Ayia Zoni Avenues.
In Larnaca, two cameras will be activated on a section of the Kiti-Mazotos road.
Gradual introduction of traffic cameras is expected in another 12 places, in Nicosia, Limassol and Larnaca.
Currently fixed traffic cameras operate at 18 locations in the districts of Nicosia, Limassol, Larnaca and Paphos, while at the same time 20 mobile cameras operate daily on the roads of Cyprus.
The Police aims with the installation of traffic violation control cameras, to control and prevent violations, which have been proven to be the main causes of fatal and serious road accidents.
By the end of March a total of 90 fixed cameras will be in operation at 30 points on the road network, with the goal of reducing serious and fatal collisions.
( Source CNA/ Cyprus Mail)