Installation of a speed camera on Avenida de Denia. Credits: INFORMACION
The Town Council has published data from the new speed cameras’ first month in operation, revealing which ones are catching the most speeding drivers.
The first month of the new speed cameras in Alicante has resulted in a large number of fines for speeding offences. Between January and February alone, these devices have recorded almost 1,500 drivers who exceeded the limit of 50 kilometres per hour on these stretches of road.
Out of the four new cameras installed by the Ayuntamiento, the biggest problem for speeding drivers was the speed camera on Avenida de Dénia, around Vistahermosa, which caught 1,032 drivers in its first month. It holds a comfortable lead against the second most efficient one, the one installed on Avenida de Elche with 436 fines issued, and finally, a new control device installed in front of the Colegio Ángel de la Guarda, with only 23 offences recorded.
Interestingly, the speed cameras that were installed on Avenida de Villajoyosa, in the road that connects the city centre with La Cantera bordering the sea, have not registered any offenders yet.
The Ayuntamiento has expressed its intention to control the access to the city to enforce a stricter 50 kilometres per hour limit. These four cameras are not the only ones that drivers should be aware of. Alicante has another seven posts set up to house fixed speed cameras: three on Avenida de Elche, one on Avenida de la Universidad, one on Avenida de Denia (La Goteta), another on Avenida de Villajoyosa and the last one on Avenida de La Goleta in Cabo de las Huertas, the main access to Playa San Juan.
Another efficient speed camera in the Alicante area is located at the entrance tunnel to Sant Joan d’Alacant, on the A-70 motorway. It ranks among the 30 speed cameras with the most offences recorded nationwide and is one of the four most active in the Comunitat Valenciana
