Speed Camera Revenue In NSW Up 45 Percent

Revenue from speed cameras in New South Wales has reportedly risen 45 percent over two financial years, and currently returns $6.44 to the state government every second.

A News Corp report said revenue from speed cameras in NSW during the 2011/12 financial year totalled $107 million, rising to $147 million in 2012/13 and now $155 million in 2013/14.

Broken down, that’s $17.3 million per month (up from $7.5 million in 2011) or $558,000 every day.

Despite promising to ‘switch off’ 38 cameras that were found to be ‘revenue raising’ with little to no impact on road trauma, the state government now finds itself with more road camera revenue than ever.

Many of those ‘ineffective’ cameras are still in place, with reports suggesting motorists caught exceeding the limit in those areas will be issued with a cautionary letter, rather than a fine.

But whatever revenue has been lost from these 38 cameras has been succeeded by the government’s vastly-expanded mobile speed camera program, which has risen from a fleet of six cameras in 2013 to 45.

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