Image / Google MapsCheating motorists using transit lanes on a major Auckland road will soon be caught out by 13 new traffic cameras in a move being described as an "overkill" by the local board. Auckland Transport is rolling out the new cameras to monitor T3 lanes on the heavily trafficked Onewa Rd. However Kaipatiki Local Board chairman John Gillon said having 13 cameras on the one road did "seem like overkill". "The demand for transport in Auckland keeps growing, but the capacity of our roads is constrained by the space available. "The $150 infringement fee is set nationally by the Ministry of Transport, not by Auckland Transport.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 21, 2021 03:56 UTC