Mystery camera on roadsign
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Mystery camera on roadsign
Image: © John Goldsmith Taken: 2 Nov 2011
A set of giant information display signs were erected along the A14 in Suffolk over a year ago, but apparently the money ran out before they were put into use. This one is just visible across the railway embankment and A14 from a footpath. The mystery is the camera on the top. No doubt it was claimed to be there to monitor traffic. So why is it looking across the A14 at right angles south towards King Edward's School. Or is it facing North? There are other pictures on Geograph of the construction stages of the signs. This photo makes the pleasant footpath look like something from the surroundings of a prison - we know Network Rail really like to keep people out (on the left) while the school, on the right, also likes total control of its perimeter, unlike other Bury schools which don't seem bothered.
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Image Location
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