Where will Wallonia's new speed cameras go around Charleroi — and what does the map really tell us?
The francophone daily DHnet has published an interactive map of the new fixed speed radars Wallonia plans to install across the Charleroi region. Exact numbers, streets and switch-on dates remain to be confirmed.
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- The francophone daily DHnet published an interactive map on 15 July 2026 showing where Wallonia's new fixed speed radars are planned across the Charleroi region.
- Road safety and enforcement are Walloon regional competences, handled by the SPW and the AWSR from Namur, not by federal or EU authorities.
- The news site 7sur7 separately reports that several European-backed projects are emerging in the Charleroi region.
- Exact device counts, precise locations and switch-on dates are not confirmed in the available reporting and depend on SPW tenders and installation.
Wallonia, the French-speaking southern region of Belgium, is preparing to install additional fixed speed radars across the Charleroi area (Hainaut province). Road safety and traffic enforcement are regional competences handled by the Service public de Wallonie (SPW) and the Agence wallonne pour la Sécurité routière (AWSR), based in Namur. Separately, the Charleroi region is host to several EU-supported development projects. The interactive map was published by the francophone daily DHnet on 15 July 2026.
Background
Charleroi, once a coal-and-steel powerhouse, has spent two decades reconverting industrial land and tackling high unemployment, with European funding a recurring lever. Speed enforcement in Wallonia has long been contested between road-safety bodies stressing lives saved and motoring groups wary of cameras as a revenue source.
What to do
Charleroi-area drivers should expect additional fixed enforcement points on mapped axes but should not assume any specific camera is live until the SPW confirms it; the published map is a plan, not a finished network.
Impact
Regional — Directly affects drivers, commuters and businesses operating in Charleroi and surrounding Hainaut municipalities, where the new fixed cameras are mapped to appear on urban axes and accident-prone stretches.
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- 15 Jul 2026, 02:00
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- 5 Aug 2026
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- 5 Aug 2026
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