The introduction of privatised speed cameras may be further delayed after one of the bidders for the multi-million euro, five-year contract lodged an objection to the tender process, the Irish Times reports.

Privatised speed cameras are not now expected on Irish roads before the middle of next year, one year after the deadline set for their introduction in the Road Safety Strategy. Serco, one of the under-bidders, is believed to have outlined several concerns with the process, including that its bid of around €13 million was €5 million less than the winning tender. Serco operates a similar speed-camera system in Victoria, Australia.

Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey acknowledged after the Budget last week that privatised speed cameras will not appear on Irish roads before the middle of next year, partly because of the "legal action"…Serco is also understood to have queried the weightings given to certain aspects of the tender. The article continues and outlines the response from the Dept. of Justice and how other consortiums involved in the tender process had misgivings but opted not to object.

The winning Go Safe consortium includes Spectra, French firm Egis (the parent company of Transroute which operates the Dublin Port Tunnel) and Australian multinational Redflex…

Irish Times