We now know where the new fixed speed cameras are located

If you were wondering where the DGT’s new fixed speed cameras are, we finally know

As part of the first phase of the 2019 Summer Exodus Operation, the top officials of the Ministry of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, and of the Directorate General of Traffic, Pere Navarro, announced a series of special measures for the summer period, in which up to 90 million trips are expected, among which was the entry into operation of new speed control devices.

In addition to increasing the personnel of the Civil Guard Traffic Unit to step up surveillance and control on the roads, especially on secondary roads, the commissioning of up to 20 new fixed speed cameras was the most prominent item in this summer deployment, a key factor in keeping all licence points intact.

The threat of control and penalties for those who drive above the maximum speeds permitted on certain roads remains the main pressure measure and a tool to reduce road fatalities, according to the two officials mentioned above, the priority of these measures.

Be that as it may, following the subsequent press conference, the DGT website where the list of fixed speed cameras is published, located by road, province, kilometre point of installation and the direction in which the speed camera faces, kept the update date for all devices at 13 June. Since yesterday, the location of the new fixed speed cameras has appeared thanks to an update of this list dated 28 June.

Location of the DGT’s new fixed speed cameras

The following table sets out where the recently activated speed cameras have been installed.

Some of these speed cameras are already shown in updates to apps such as Google Maps, in its role as a radar alert, which makes it harder to get caught out and photographed after exceeding one.

First phase of the expansion of speed cameras

The installation and commissioning of the DGT’s new fixed speed cameras before the start of July marks the first phase of the expansion of the total number of speed cameras that the agency responsible for traffic matters has planned to carry out during 2019.

Thus, while the 20 new cameras represent a significant number, the next 58 speed control and vehicle identification devices for vehicles travelling above the maximum speed permitted on the road where they are located, 15 of which will be section control cameras, will add up to a total of 78 new cameras activated in 2019.