Cabinet to consider new speed check plan

A REPORT recommending the introduction of privatised speed cameras to reduce road deaths will be considered by the Cabinet today.

In its final meeting before breaking for the summer, the Cabinet is also expected to clear a new initiative aimed at improving the delivery of State building projects through Public Private Partnerships (PPPs).

The speed camera report, compiled by an expert group of senior Government and garda officials, calls for up to 600 mobile speed cameras to be mounted at accident black spots - a move expected to raise €70 million annually through speeding fines.