Speed camera upkeep costs taxpayers €45,000 a day

scoobycolm · 2011-11-06T19:23:41+00:00

:cuckoo: :cuckoo: :cuckoo: from the irish independent Gardai are spending €45,000 a day -- or €1.35m a month -- just to maintain the country's network of speed cameras, staggering new figures obtained by the Sunday Independent reveal. As a result, this year the taxpayer will foot a €16.2m bill to maintain the network of cameras across the country. With €2.2bn in spending cuts needed in next month's Budget, opposition TDs have said the cost is "extraordinarily high" and the Government...