[Caz]

I don't know what it would cost, but taking an estimated guess would say about £20,000 initially, plus annual running costs.
Do you know?

Do you know the area being talked about?
There is a particular problem there with vandalism, juvenile nuisance, littering, etc,  and in particular a large amount of traffic at that junction approaching at ridiculous speeds.

We're not saying have a CCTV on every street corner, just in certain problem spots. They have done this in Clayton in an area very similar to this one, so why can't we have the same here?

As regards the Big Brother theory, why should that be a problem for anybody who has nothing to hide? It certainly doesn't bother me.

Every shop you go in these days, almost without exception has some kind of surveillance. People don't even think twice about it.

Why should we be worried about something that is hopefully going to improve  our standard of life.