CALLS for a speed camera van to visit two Athersley South roads have been rejected.
Having been brought up by residents at the area’s crime meeting in previous months, on Tuesday it was revealed that a bid to have the South Yorkshire Safer Roads Partnership van on Wingfield Road and Chatworth Road had failed.
Sgt Dave Baines said: “There’s strict guidelines to follow before a van is directed to a location and unfortunately we’ve been told both do not qualify as there’s been no collisions.
“However, we will be carrying out our own anti-speeding operations instead.”
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