Evidence of Check by Enforcement Officer of Visibility on Speed Camera on A20
Request ID: FOI-4764-2324 Date published: 22 April 2024
You asked
Please provide the following information regarding speed camera enforcement on the A20 Eastbound, West of Sandy Lane to East of Cookham Road (48114821):
1. Visibility Checks:
1(a) - Specific Dates: Please list the dates on which an Enforcement Officer conducted visibility checks as per paragraph 46 of DfT Circular 01/2007, dated 31 January 2007.
1(b) - Documentation: Please provide copies of any records created by the Enforcement Officer(s) documenting these visibility checks. If redaction for personal data protection is necessary, please provide the redacted documents.
2. Camera Location:
Please specify the precise location of the speed camera(s) within the mentioned stretch of the A20 Eastbound. Coordinates or a what3words address would be ideal.
We answered
Our ref: FOI-4764-2324/GH
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 22 March 2024 asking for information about Speed Cameras on the A20.
Your request has been considered under the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations and our information access policy. I can confirm that we do hold some of the information you require.
Visibility checks are copied out by the Metropolitan Police. TfL does not hold details of the dates such checks were completed, or any records created during these checks. You may therefore wish to contact the MPS for this part of your request.
With regards to the location of the camera, we have received a large number of requests from different applicants asking for information in respect of different cameras. TfL has been refusing to release any information that would allow any of our ‘Digital Traffic Enforcement System’ cameras to be identified given the widespread instances of vandalism that some of these cameras have been subject to since the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ). The rationale for this is as set out under a previous request for similar information, published on our website here:
Clearly, if the exceptions cited in the reply above were only ever applied to requests for information about the ANPR cameras used to enforce ULEZ, but not other cameras on the road network operated by TfL, then that would defeat the purpose of the exceptions applying – i.e. if that were the approach, then any time a request was refused then this would, in effect, identify our ANPR cameras. Therefore, the exceptions apply to all of our road camera infrastructure, so that the specific cameras used to enforce ULEZ cannot be distinguished from other cameras via FOI / EIR requests. For these reasons we are unable to confirm the location of this camera.
If you are not satisfied with this response please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.
Yours sincerely
Graham Hurt FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
