Mobile speed camera teams on a south Powys road have clocked over a hundred speeding motorists in the last two months, they say.

A GoSafe camera site was set up on the B4560 at Trefecca, near Talgarth in response to concerns from residents and town councillors.

During the months of June and July a total of 103 vehicles had exceeded the threshold on the B4560 when the GoSafe vehicle was present. In the safety camera site’s first week in operation 28 offences were recorded.

Local residents raised the matter with local leaders which led to a site visit by Dafydd Llywelyn, Police and Crime commissioner for Dyfed-Powys Police.

Insp Gwyndaf Bowen said: "Police officers are able to take a range of action depending on the seriousness of transgressions, this ranges from offering drivers attendance at a speed awareness course as an alternative to prosecution, a fixed penalty notice, or a summons direct to court. Both specialist traffic officers and the GoSafe partnership will continue to police priority residential areas in order to promote safer driving."

The issue had been exacerbated by the long term closure of the A479, Talgarth to Abergavenny trunk road which only recently re-opened to vehicle traffic.

The work by the GoSafe partnership has also been complemented by the Powys Roads Policing Unit. Specialist traffic officers have attended the village and carried out additional speed enforcement leading to a number of prosecutions.

Cllr William Powell commented: "Local residents have consistently raised the speed of traffic through the village with me and with Talgarth Town Council. We appreciated the fact finding visit by Police and Crime Commissioner, Dafydd Llywelyn in March, and, more recently, Insp Gwyndaf Bowen and his colleagues have been pro-active with their patrols, in the effective enforcement of speed limits. It has been welcomed by the community in Trefecca, who hope that there will be a sustained improvement in driver behaviour."

Police and Crime Commissioner Dafydd Llywelyn said: "I am happy to hear that the partnership working between the force and other agencies has resulted in additional speed enforcement which will aid the safety of residents in Powys."