the speed cameras, he will, for the benefit of the House, obtain from the Traffic Management and Road Safety…
(No. B/669) Mr P. Venkatasami (Third Member for Quartier Militaire & Moka) asked the Minister of Land Transport whether, in regard to the speed cameras, he will, for the benefit of the House, obtain from the Traffic Management and Road Safety Unit, information as to the number of spots where same are installed, indicating – (a) if they are operational; (b) the maintenance cost thereof; (c) the name of the suppliers thereof, and (d) if a survey was recently carried out to identify new spots for the installation thereof and, if so, when, giving details thereof and, if not, why not.
Mr Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am informed by the Traffic Management and Road Safety Unit that the Photographic Enforcement Device Project implemented between 2012 and 2014 consists of a network of 63 fixed speed cameras
39 installed by Proguard Ltd on public roads across the island to detect and record vehicles exceeding the posted speed limits of 40km per hour, 60km per hour and 80km per hour and also 110km per hour, respectively. The photographs captured by these cameras are transmitted to the back office located at Samlo Tower, Port Louis, the seat of the TMRSU. The Photographic Enforcement Device Unit, operated by the Police, processes these offences and the Photographic Enforcement Device Notices which is also called PEDNs are sent by post to the traffic offenders for payment of the appropriate fines at the court. Mr Deputy Speaker, Sir, concerning part (a) of the question, I wish to inform the House that out of 63 speed cameras, 4 which are located at St Julien Village, Calebasses on Motorway M2, Brisée Verdière and Case Noyale are currently not operational. These cameras have developed defects and were therefore sent to the manufacturer Truvelo (UK) Ltd for diagnosis and repairs. Mr Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to part (b) of the question, I wish to inform the House that the maintenance services for the fixed speed camera system is currently being provided by the same company Proguard Ltd at an annual cost of approximately Rs27.85 million excluding VAT as Proguard Ltd is the sole representative of both the manufacturer Truvelo (UK) Ltd, for speed camera, and the developer Fisher Ltd, for the software in Mauritius. The contract also caters for a yearly provisional sum of Rs3 million excluding VAT which is used for repairs, new spare parts and relocation of speed cameras to new sites so that makes it a total of Rs30.85 million per year excluding VAT which is spent on these speed cameras. Mr Deputy Speaker, Sir, as regard part (c) of the question, I wish to inform the House that a contract for the design, supply, installation, commissioning and initial operation of automatic speed enforcement cameras was awarded to Proguard Ltd in 2012. Regarding part (d) of the question, I am informed that the TMRSU has carried out recent surveys for the installation of speed cameras along the following hazardous locations, namely – • Valetta by-pass B6; • D’Epinay along old Flacq Road B20, and • Melrose along the main Road B27.
40 Mr Deputy Speaker, Sir, as announced in the Budget exercise 2025-2026 with regards to the use of Safe City Cameras for detection of traffic offences, the TMRSU of my Ministry will initiate consultations with the Mauritius Police Force and Mauritius Telecom with a view to implementing this budgetary measure that seeks to enhance road safety in Mauritius. As a matter of fact, a first meeting is scheduled for tomorrow 16 June 2025, I am informed.
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