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ROADS Minister Duncan Gay is under fire for deactivating a Frenchs Forest speed camera near the site of a horrific crash on August 21.
Investigations are continuing into the crash in which six people were taken to hospital.
They included a two-year-old boy, who remains in Sydney Children’s Hospital in a serious but stable condition after he sustained suspected head injuries.
On Friday, Labor MP Helen Westwood used her question without notice privilege to ask if Mr Gay had got it wrong in light of the crash, close to the now deactivated camera.
The Warringah Rd speed camera was shut down at the start of the month after it was identified as failing to provide “significant road safety benefits” by a government audit.
Premier Barry O’Farrell’s audit of 141 fixed cameras deemed 38 as ineffective.
Mr Gay stuck by the crash analysis, which he said had proved the camera was ineffective and would not be restored.
“The Auditor General found that this speed camera had no proven road safety benefit and for that reason it was switched off - I have asked the RTA to investigate alternative methods to improve road safety,” he told the House.
“I have asked (them) to look at this particular section of road to determine how to reduce accidents at the site.
“It is obvious from those records that the speed camera had not effect at this site.
“A speed camera is not being put back there.”
He said 19 injuries were recorded in the three years before the cameras installation, compared to 27 in the three years afterwards.
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