900% rise in speed violation fine on Lahore’s Ring Road proposed
It has been decided to increase fines for traffic violations manifold, 900 percent, on Lahore’s Ring Road as well, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Saturday.
According to the authorities concerned, a proposal to increase fine for overspeeding from Rs500 to Rs5,000 is under consideration.
In this regard, a summary has been sent to the Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz to increase the fines on Ring Road violations.
Approval was also given to establish a modern command-and-control center on Lahore’s Ring Road.
Security and traffic monitoring of Ring Road will be further tightened.
The modern command-and-control center will be managed by the Ring Road Authority.
More than 150,000 vehicles will be monitored daily from the command-and-control center.
A strict crackdown will be carried out against overspeeding vehicles on Ring Road.
Speeding and traffic violations will be monitored with modern cameras equipped with AI.
The command-and-control project will be completed in four months at a cost of Rs871 million.
Reporter: Irfan Malik