EVERY motorist driving along St Peter's Way will be photographed over the next few weeks.

A bank of cameras located on top of a bridge near the Kearsley roundabout slip-road have been primed to snap away at cars.

But the move is not a zero tolerance crackdown on speed.

Instead, highway chiefs are researching the number of cars approaching and using the M60.

Steps are being taken to reduce congestion on the M60 between junction 12 at Eccles and junction 18 at Simister after the section of road was described as "heavily overloaded" in a Department of Transport White Paper.

Counted

Since St Peter's Way, the A666 is used to access the M60, transport chiefs see it as an essential road to test.

Cars will be counted and some motorists will be written to for their views. Signs have been put up informing motorists of the cameras.

The white paper proposes looking at improvements to the bus, road and rail networks in the area. It also pushes for a consultation into an expansion of Metrolink, park and ride facilities, road tolls and parking levies.

The study will be completed in 15 months and a series of exhibitions, newsletters and a website will give the public the chance to put forward their views. The website address is: www.M60jetts.co.uk

Study manager Mike Hayward of the Government Office North West said: "The study will recommend a series of measures to address urgent transport problems in this corridor."