It has emerged that enforcement of the new HGV ban on the M48 Severn Bridge is still non-existent, as the organisation responsible for maintaining it still hasn’t installed cameras to catch lorry drivers flouting the ban.

National Highways were due to install several cameras on the bridge before the restrictions on the bridge came into effect on May 28.

Member of the Senedd for Monmouth, Peter Fox, has raised concerns about the lack of ANPR cameras on the M48 crossing.

Monmouthshire County Council’s public services committee had reportedly been assured the cameras would be installed in order to police and manage the new 7.5-tonne weight limit.

It appears that no ANPR cameras are currently in place on the bridge, meaning enforcement is dependant on police.

Mr Fox has been in regular contact with National Highways about the M48 crossing and a number of other issues impacting the constituency, such as the M4 resurfacing and Leys Bend scheme, and confirmed he would raise this with them.

Local MS for Monmouth, Peter Fox, has said: “Local hauliers that I have spoken to have accepted the need for these works, even if there is a financial impact to them, and other knock-on effects.”

“These improvement works are essential to protecting the long-term structure of the bridge. The cameras would not only serve as a way of monitoring the traffic on the brdige but acting as a deterrent.”

“It is therefore somewhat concerning there is currently no way of formally policing this new weight limit , without the input of two police forces, who I would suggest have a lot of other things to contend with without this additional workload.”

“National Highways are therefore reliant on the good-will of hauliers and other restricted vehicles to not use the bridge, whilst these works