Portsmouth: Eastern Rd new camera sites?

[AndWhy]

Drove the length of the Eastern Road from Farlington to Milton yesterday.

There's three new, robust, gray posts with swivel-looking heads been erected. Each looks to have its own elec supply in the style of a mini post alongside. They're not the same as the uprights for the existing Truvelos.

Locations are:

• Southbound near Sainsbury's IIRC
• Southbound just inside the 50 limit, before Anchorage Park
• Northbound opposite the top of Euston Road (so on Velder Ave, between Milton Rd and the Good Companion pub)

I'll try and get a snap tomorrow. In the meantime, any ideas/ clarification?

[Thejimreaper]

Good to know, i drive that road everyday. Will have a look when i next pass.

[AndWhy]

This is the one on Velder Avenue opposite Euston Rd.

If it's a traffic camera, there's a chuffing great tree in the way of where it's going to be pointing.



There's a label on the side of the elec cabinet but it offers no clues

[SS2.]

Redspeed / Monitron, perhaps..

[Strangely Brown]

If it's Portsmouth they're more likely to be Truvelos.


To the OP... were there any signs of the induction loops having been installed in the road?

Edited by Strangely Brown on Tuesday 17th June 14:02

[SS2.]

Strangely Brown said:

If it's Portsmouth they're more likely to be Truvelos.

Agreed, and likewise for Southampton. But the OP's photo doesn't look like one of the 'normal' Truvelo (side exit) poles..

[AndWhy]

Definitely not the same as existing Portsmouth Truvelos.

Look a bit like the Redspeed post and ancilliary stubby post for elec.

Positioning a bit odd tho. They're not close enough to junctions to have red light functions enabled which overrules one of the Redspeed benefits. They're not high enough to be regular CCTV. And there's the tree:



Also, the one on the Eastern Road southbound between A27 and Anchorage Park is a long way from the carriageway - maybe 15-20 ft!

[AndWhy]

The secret's out - these are for live Traffic Information signs. As you were.

[97octane]

AndWhy said:

The secret's out - these are for live Traffic Information signs. As you were.

Excellent, so we'll be regailed by useful stuff like "football at Fratton Park, you are sitting in a traffic jam. Well it is Saturday, you moron, what do you expect?"