Band of Slugs

Pedal to the Metal for Swindon Drivers

It apparently costs 320,000 pounds to run Swindon’s 5 speed cameras, so the authority have decided to divert the funds into other road safety measures that will aim to reduce the casualty rate on the Swindon roads.

But are they really going to invest that money in road safety? Or is that cash simply going to help fill the huge funding gap that the Swindon local authority is dealing with? Rather than a more prudent use of cash, it may well simply be one of the many cuts that we can expect in both local and government spending over the coming months and years.