MOTORISTS who refuse to put the brakes on their speed were today told where 100 new speed cameras across Lancashire were to be installed.

Work will begin on installing the equipment over the next month and will result in 230 cameras being in operation by the end of September.

That total will rise to about 500 by the end of 2004, when the three-year road safety project, which involves all fines money being pumped back into more cameras, comes to an end.

The Lancashire Road Safety Partnership expects £20million will have been raised through £60 fines by then, which will mainly be spent on more cameras and publicity blitzes.

The extra camera sites will be a mixture of fixed cameras and mobile cameras, where the police park up for a set period of time

Proposed new sites for Preston are: (Preston) A677, Preston New Road, east of Branch Road, Samlesbury; A59, Ringway, near Lancaster Road; B6243, Ribbleton Lane, near St Mary's Street North; A5085, Blackpool Road, near Deepdale Retail Park; A5085, Blackpool Road, near Hesketh Road; A59, New Hall Lane, near Adelaide Street; A5085, Blackpool Road, near Tulketh Road; B6243, Ribbleton Lane, near Geoffrey Street; B6243, Ribbleton Lane, near Hermon Street; B5411, Woodplumpton Road, near Drakes Croft; B6241, Eastway, near Glencourse Drive; A583, Watery Lane, west of West Strand; A583, Fylde Road, near Brook Street.

Two sites in South Ribble, on the A59(T), Liverpool Road, near Lawrence Road, Penwortham, and the B5254, Leyland Road, near Factory Lane, Penwortham, are also being proposed.

Former traffic chief inspector Ian Bell, who is leading the multi-agency road safety crackdown as project director, said: "The sites have been chosen because they have histories of accidents often caused by speeding.

"The aim is to demonstrate speeding will not be tolerated because it puts lives at risk."

The extra cameras have been criticised by the RAC Foundation, the campaigning arm of the motoring organisation.

A spokesman said: "The fact so much money is being made from the cameras shows that they are not working."