DGT to install first average-speed camera in Dénia on AP-7 entrance road

The General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) is installing Dénia's first average-speed camera on the CV-725, the principal route into the city from the AP-7. The control system, almost three kilometres in length, extends between kilometre points 1.3 and 4.15.

The installation of the equipment was scheduled for late October, but has been delayed and there is currently no fixed date for it to become operational. The Government Subdelegation confirmed this delay in the installation of the devices.

When asked whether the camera was already monitoring traffic in the area, Traffic Authority responded that "it has undoubtedly been doing so continuously".

Unlike traditional flash cameras, the system is designed to measure average speed through continuous recording cameras positioned at the start and end of the stretch. During the first month of operation, the camera will operate in an informative phase, alerting to breaches without imposing fines or loss of penalty points; after that period, fines are expected to be processed in the normal way.

The measure aims to calm traffic on a stretch with a certain accident rate, and is expected to include regulatory signage warning of the camera's presence in advance. Traffic authorities argue that this average-speed camera method guarantees total objectivity by eliminating possible reading errors.