Speeders beware. Photo radar cameras are coming to Oakville streets later this month.
After some delay, the automated speed enforcement (ASE) cameras will be set up to snap pictures of vehicles travelling above the speed limit. Jan. 20 has been announced as the launch date.
The offending vehicle owners will then be issued a ticket through the mail.
Generally, fines can reach as high as $588 for those going almost 50 km/h over the speed limit but most penalties are in the $80 to $90 range, according to provincial data. The tickets will not be reflected in the driving record and will not impact the vehicle insurance.
The program, which is gaining popularity across Ontario, is used by municipalities to slow drivers down in areas that have been determined to be places where casualties can occur including schools, parks and facilities used by seniors also known as community safety zones.
As such, the goal is to change driving habits instead of handing out fines. which means the locations of the cameras are made public.
Overall, the program is designed to work in tandem with other road safety measures, such as traffic calming, community safety zones, speed display boards, education initiatives, and police enforcement.
For the most part, the cameras are portable and can be moved to different locations depending on where problem areas are identified.
Signs warning of the arrival of cameras have been posted in the areas where the devices will be installed.
Fourteen cameras will be installed in Oakville, two in each town ward.
Here are the locations:
- Colonel Williams Parkway from Stocksbridge Avenue/Richview Boulevard to Watercliffe Court
- Rebecca Street from Sussex Street to Bronte Road.
- Old Abbey Lane between Montrose Abbey Drive and Milton Road/ Northwood Drive
- Nottinghill Gate from Runnymead Crescent (easterly intersection) to Beechgrove Crescent
- Reynolds Street between Cornwall Road and Sumner Avenue.
- Kingsway Drive from Wynten Way/ Winterbourne Drive to Prince John Circle/ Sir David Drive
- Westoak Trails Boulevard from Brookhaven Crescent/Arbourview Drive to Colbeck Street/ Amberglen Court
- Pine Glen Road between Newcastle Crescent (westerly intersection) and Proudfoot Trail
- Sixth Line from Elm Drive to Upper Middle Road
- River Glen Boulevard from Towne Boulevard to Mowat Avenue
- Glenashton Drive from Eighth Line to Grand Boulevard
- North Ridge Trail between Glenashton Drive and Postridge Drive
- Sixteen Mile Drive from Preserve Drive to Larry Crescent/Isaac Avenue
- Post Road from Dundas Street to Threshing Mill Boulevard
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