Every LTN and school street in Hackney set to be covered by CCTV – as council outlines plans for 32 new cameras

Lansdowne Drive near London Fields has raised £6m in fines. Photograph: Julia Gregory

Town Hall bosses are planning to spend £650,000 on 32 new CCTV cameras in a bid to stop motorists driving into low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) and school streets.

Hackney Council wants to spend £300,000 this year and a further £350,000 next year.

Research by the Citizen found that motorists shelled out £19m in fines in the three years since LTNs were first introduced locally.

The figure includes £6m from a single road, Lansdowne Drive, which runs alongside London Fields.

Government rules mean that money from traffic fines must be used on transport projects.

According to council papers, the plan is to install 16 cameras on streets that are part of an LTN, including Richmond Road, Wilton Way, and the junction of Haggerston Road and Middleton Road.

There will be another 16 cameras near eight Hackney primary schools to monitor school streets – which see roads shut to traffic during drop-off and pick-up times.

The council said the cameras will dissuade drivers from going along the streets and “increase road safety”.

A Town Hall report said the new cameras will mean every LTN and school street in the borough will be covered by CCTV.

It comes after the emergency services told traffic bosses that “a majority of these sites needed to be ‘camera-enforced’ in order for them to have unrestricted access”.

The report revealed that in some streets without CCTV, cars are”disobeying the signs”.

The council believes the cameras will repay their costs within the first two years, describing them as an “invest-to-save purchase”.

The move is likely to be approved by cabinet on Monday.