Another resident Cynthia Gaull said: “I can’t see the reason for 20mph – 30mph was perfectly reasonable. There are no schools here, there are not even many houses.
“I drive slow anyway – I think 30 was OK.”
Contractor Paul Chesterman said the road was a lot busier because of the new by-pass and drivers trying to avoid roadworks on it.
“I got caught – I was doing 26mph, I forgot the camera was there,” he said.
Conor Milton, who is working locally, said: “I can understand why people are getting fed up, it’s costing them a lot of money.”
Meanwhile, in Flintshire, a senior councillor defended the fixed camera on the A5104 at Pontybodkin, which had caught 7,197 drivers in 10 months.
Councillor Glyn Banks, cabinet member for streetscene and transportation, said: “When you’re talking about that one stretch, yes it sounds like a lot of motorists being caught but it’s within 100m of a crossing to a children’s park and a bowling club, mainly used by elderly people.
“Simply, people have to stick to the speed limits in place whether they like it or not, they’re there for a reason and that’s proven by a 20% drop in heartache for families across Wales,” he told Radio Wales Breakfast.
