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CTV News
5 days ago
- Automotive
- CTV News
Photo radar cameras will be installed in 24 locations across Ottawa by the end of 2025
An extra eye will be installed on 24 roads across Ottawa this fall to watch out for speeders as the City of Ottawa expands the automated speed enforcement camera. Signs have been installed to warn motorists that photo radar cameras will be activated within the next 90 days at 24 locations, including on Bank Street outside Lansdowne Park and in Dunrobin, Manotick and Richmond. There are currently 60 photo radar cameras set up in community safety, school zones and 'high speed' zones across the City of Ottawa. The City of Ottawa plans to install 24 new photo radar cameras in 2025, but no cameras have been installed so far this year. A City of Ottawa spokesperson told CTV News Ottawa on Thursday that construction is expected to begin in early/mid August to install the 24 new automated speed enforcement cameras, 'with the goal of having all cameras operational by late fall.' Signs stating 'Municipal Speed Camera Coming Soon' have been installed in the 24 locations to warn motorists that the photo radar camera will soon be operational. Under Ontario regulations, the 'Municipal Speed Camera Coming Soon' sign must be installed at least 90 days before enforcement begins to provide adequate warning to motorists that a photo radar camera will be operational. Photo radar signs Signs warning drivers that photo radar cameras are ahead. (Dave Charbonneau / CTV News Ottawa) Statistics show 138,303 speeding tickets were issued through the automated speed enforcement camera program in the first five months of the year. The busiest photo radar is on King Edward Avenue, between Bolton Street and St. Patrick Street, with 15,766 tickets issued in the January to May period. Here is the list of locations for the new automated speed enforcement cameras in 2025
CTV News
6 days ago
- Automotive
- CTV News
This is Ottawa's busiest photo radar camera
King Edward Avenue continues to be the hot spot for speeders on Ottawa roads this year, but new statistics show more drivers are slowing down for the photo radar camera on the busy Lowertown road. Statistics from the City of Ottawa show 3,604 speeding tickets were issued to drivers on King Edward Avenue through the automated speed enforcement camera program in May, down 10,592 tickets in May 2024. A total of 15,766 speeders have been caught speeding by the photo radar camera on King Edward Avenue through the first five months of the year, down from 29,114 tickets during the February to May period last year. The camera on King Edward Avenue was activated in February 2024. King Edward Avenue continues to be Ottawa's busiest photo radar camera in Ottawa. The camera on Walkley Road, between Halifax Drive and Harding Avenue, caught 1,562 speeding drivers in May, while the camera on Cedarview Road in Barrhaven issued 1,361 speeding tickets issued in May. There are 60 automated speed enforcement cameras in operation in Ottawa this year, with plans to install 24 new cameras by the end of the year. A total of 27,022 speeding tickets were issued through the automated speed enforcement camera program in May, down from 32,689 tickets in May 2024. Statistics show 138,303 tickets were issued through photo radar cameras in the January to May period, down from 155,885 speeding tickets during the same period last year. Revenue collected through the automated speed enforcement camera program supports Ottawa's Road Safety Action Plan, with funding invested in road safety initiatives for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers. Here is a look at the 10 busiest photo radar cameras in Ottawa in May King Edward Avenue, between Bolton Street and St. Patrick Street: 3,604 tickets Walkley Road, between Halifax Drive and Harding Avenue: 1,562 tickets Cedarview Road, between Fallowfield Road and Jockvale Road: 1,362 tickets Colonial Road, between Delson Drive and Frank Kenny Road: 1,302 tickets Merivale Road, between MacFarlane Road and Brookdale Avenue: 1,199 tickets Katimavik Road, between Castlefrank Road and McGibbon Drive/Sewall Way: 1,059 tickets St. Laurent Boulevard, between Noranda Avenue and Clarke Avenue: 980 tickets First Avenue, between Chrysler Street and Percy Street: 954 tickets Walkley Road, between Colliston Court (north)/Albion Road and Colliston Court (south): 878 tickets Jeanne d'Arc Boulevard, between Orleans Boulevard and Paddler Way/Vorlage Drive. 858 tickets The 10 busiest photo radar cameras in Ottawa in the January-May period
