The police also spent £214,341 running 24 fixed speed cameras, though the force noted these costs do “not include back office maintenance, data or adjudication costs.”
Hugo Griffiths, consumer editor at carwow, said: “Speed cameras are exposed to the elements and work hard, issuing millions of tickets each year, so periodic maintenance and calibration are essential to ensure they reliably and accurately measure speed.
“What’s interesting, though, is how patchwork arrangements are when it comes to funding speed-camera maintenance: some are managed by local councils, others by police forces or transport authorities, while speed-camera partnerships see organisations band together to run networks of cameras; plus third-party companies are often commissioned to carry out actual works.
“Given this, it’s hardly surprising that some maintenance contracts appear to offer better value than others, with one organisation paying around £25,000 a year to run just one camera, and others spending half that amount for over 20 [years].
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