Time’s up for traffic offenders as cams go live
From Saturday, the grace period for people caught on traffic cameras will be over and fines will be issued for offenders. Police remind the public...
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Data Commissioner green lights traffic cameras, fines from Jan 1
The Data Commissioner’s office said on Wednesday it has officially approved the operation of the traffic cameras with fines being issued from January 1. Following...
Warning signs will alert drivers to traffic cameras
Authorities will install signs warning motorists of the presence of traffic cameras and speed limits, according to an announcement issued on Monday. This was decided...
Traffic cameras: police answer driver questions
Amid warnings from officials that at the current rates of violations being recorded by newly installed traffic cameras many drivers will end up losing their...
Drivers told to follow the rules or lose licence
Officials are alarmed at the current rates of violations being recorded by newly installed traffic cameras, with the traffic department warning that many drivers will...
First traffic cameras operational as of today (updated)
The pilot operation of eight traffic cameras – four fixed and four mobile- started on Monday morning with the aim of reducing road accidents. The...
New pilot traffic cams to be operational by end of October
Eight traffic cameras — four fixed and four mobile — will go into operation by the end of October for the pilot phase of a...
Traffic cams to begin three-month trial in October
Traffic cameras will go on trial operation for a three-month period in late October, ahead of the long-awaited introduction of a system authorities hope will...
Test traffic cameras will be operational by mid-October
After 15 years of technical and legal setbacks, Cyprus is set to reintroduce traffic cameras in a test capacity in October, even though legislation for...
Speed cameras step nearer as contract signed
A contract for the design, installation, maintenance and operation of speed cameras worth more than €34 million was signed on Monday in the presence of...
New setback for traffic cams system
Thirteen years after the national traffic camera network was dismantled, efforts to resuscitate the project suffered further setback as companies challenged the tender process. The...
Return of traffic cameras moving closer
Two bills regulating fines for road violations caught on speed cameras have been submitted to the House of Representatives for approval. Last July, 13 years...
Traffic cameras in 2021 part of measures to halve road deaths
Traffic cameras by early next year, increased narco-tests and harsher penalties for driving offences are just some of the measures being introduced with the aim...
Obstacle to traffic cams removed, bids going ahead, transport ministry says
An appeal before the tenders review authority that was stalling a pilot programme for the installation of traffic cameras has been rejected, opening the way...
Yet another delay before traffic cameras introduced
The pilot programme for the introduction of traffic cameras, slated to begin in 2020, has been postponed again, until next year, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousis...
Over 100 traffic cameras on the way, police chief says
A total of 110 traffic cameras will be installed on the roads, hopefully by 2020, Police Chief Kypros Michaelides said on Saturday, a day after...
Full traffic-cam system by 2022, mobile units online next year, minister says
Cyprus will have mobile traffic cameras in place by next year and a full system up and running by 2022, Transport Minister Vassiliki Anastasiadou said...
More delays after police request for traffic camera upgrade
Yet another delay over installing traffic cameras is expected after the transport ministry has agreed to choose more sophisticated traffic cameras which photograph vehicles from...
Police now seeking more sophisticated speed-camera system
By Kristian Chrysostomou Police have asked the transport ministry to install more sophisticated cameras which as well as recording speed, can also check for other...
Traffic cameras could be coming soon
The government will call for tenders that might finally implement traffic cameras across Cyprus, according to Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou. Though refraining from announcing concrete...
