Kaitāia–Awaroa Rd average speed camera equipment installed

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) has started the next stage of installing four average speed cameras along Kaitāia–Awaroa Road with poles and other supporting equipment going in this week.

The average speed camera project is part of an NZTA national programme to roll out new safety technology aimed at making high-risk roads safer for all road users. Once operational, the cameras will measure the time a vehicle takes to travel between the cameras and calculate the average speed (distance divided by time).

Average speed safety cameras are the most effective camera type at reducing deaths and serious injuries. International experience shows that average speed cameras could reduce deaths and serious injuries on suitable New Zealand roads by about 48 per cent.

Between 2018 and 2023, two people were killed and another 13 were seriously injured in crashes on this stretch of road.

Workers were on-site this week to install the poles that will support the cameras. While this equipment will be visible, the cameras themselves won’t be enforcing speeding offences for some time. NZTA will first test the cameras to make sure they function as intended across multiple speed zones.

Signs will let drivers know that the cameras are not yet active. Once testing is complete and the cameras are ready to go live, the community will be provided more information about the cameras.

Visit our webpage to find more information about the average speed cameras including a video on why the new cameras matter to tamariki and locals along Kaitāia-Awaroa Road.