ALBURY is in line for its first red light speed camera with the Mate and Fallon streets intersection the likely location.
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The city's local traffic committee most recent meeting was blind-sided by the move when raised by a representative from NSW Roads and Maritime Services.
Committee chairman Cr Graham Docksey said he wasn't opposed to speed cameras on the proviso they were installed for safety purposes and rather than a revenue-raising motive.
Wodonga's fixed red-light camera at the intersection of the Lincoln Causeway and Bandiana Link Road was switched on in 2010 and since the 2012-203 financial year 14,137 motorists have been nabbed and $3.44 million in fines dished out.
The 2012-13 financial year resulted in motorists being fined a total of $1.05 million with the figure dropping to $598,721 for 2015-16.
In the six months between July and December last year, 957 drivers were caught speeding for a combined $257,209 in fines.
The Mate-Fallon streets intersection was the scene of a fatal motorcycle accident in August 2011.
The incident was captured on dash cam footage by a car also travelling on Mate Street.
The traffic committee met on May 31 and details of the planned installation of the camera were tabled at council's engineering and works committee meeting this week.
The report stated: "Transport NSW Centre for Road Safety had indicated that they intended to install a red light camera and were seeking feedback on which leg of the intersection would be the best location."
Cr Docksey said the committee had no prior knowledge of the move.
"If they go ahead and install it there needs to be a good public relations campaign that says it's not there as a revenue collecting agency," he said.
"It has to be there for a safety reason.”
Centre for Road Safety executive director Bernard Carlon said site selection was ongoing, but acknowledged the Mate-Fallon street intersection was dangerous.
“Last year, 157 people lost their lives because somebody was driving too fast,” he said.
“Speeding is the biggest killer on NSW roads.
“Running red lights is also extremely dangerous and can lead to serious T-bone crashes, or vehicles crashing into pedestrians.
“About 80 per cent of speed camera revenue comes from people running red lights.
“Speed cameras are placed at specific locations in NSW with a known crash history and we know they work in slowing drivers down and saving lives.
“Every cent from speed camera revenue is directed to the Community Road Safety Fund, which is used to fund important safety programs such as road safety upgrades, high visibility police operations, raised pedestrian crossings and school zone flashing lights.”
The Mate-Fallon streets intersection has witnessed eight crashes from 2012-2016, according to Transport NSW.
Speed cameras are being rolled out at 200 intersections across NSW based on the site selection criteria including frequency and severity of crashes at an intersection, assessment of high road safety risk and regional priority.