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CTV News
4 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
BBC News
4 days ago
- BBC News
Coventry MP wants to see more road safety measures in city
An MP has said she is pushing for greater road safety measures in Coventry, in support of a family who lost their 12-year-old in a hit and run Slater was fatally injured when he was struck by a BMW on Radford Road on his way home from school in June Owatemi, the MP for Coventry North West, said since then the family had "been working hard along with the council to come up with new and different initiatives".She said with the support of the city council and the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), a number of schemes were in progress, but more were needed. The Labour MP said the council was looking at a number of different measures for Radford Road, Beake Avenue and Engleton schemes would be put out to consultation soon, she said she was frustrated that "it has taken more time than I would like," but accepted a lot of work needed to be done.A 13-year-old girl was injured in a road collision in the city in June and the MP said she wanted to see more speed enforcement cameras around said she would also like to see better road safety enforcement and acknowledged "a lot of work has been done both in Coventry and in the wider West Midlands" by the PCC and the council. Follow BBC Coventry & Warwickshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
CBS News
15-07-2025
- Automotive
- CBS News
Speed enforcement cameras to be deployed on Colorado highways, interstates, specifically around construction
Thanks to a law passed in 2023 and implemented in 2025, Colorado highways and interstates will soon feature speed enforcement cameras. The Colorado Department of Transportation and Colorado State Patrol announced Monday their first implementation of speed enforcement cameras along construction zones on Highway 119, known as "Diagonal Highway," between Boulder and Longmont. A mixture of fixed and mobile speed enforcement cameras have already been installed along a stretch of the highway that is undergoing improvements and expansions. CDOT and CSP plan to begin a 30-day warning window before fines begin to be issued. "Crashes are increasing. Speeds are rising, and people are being seriously hurt or killed in areas where enforcement is a difficulty," said Sally Chafee, CDOT's acting director and chief of staff. "Speed limits aren't suggestions; they are law." The program is known as the Colorado Speed Enforcement Program. So long as a mandatory notice of upcoming camera enforcement is posted 300 feet in advance, Colorado law now allows cameras and computers to issue citations to drivers who are speeding through places like construction zones. "Automated speed enforcement gives us a powerful and consistent way to address dangerous behavior before it results in tragedy," Chafee said. The cameras along Highway 119 are the first to be tested by CDOT. Drivers will be monitored through two sets of cameras in each direction. By passing through one set of cameras, a timer is set. When a driver passes through the second set of cameras, the computer is able to do a calculation to determine the average speed the driver maintained while along that stretch of the roadway. If drivers are found to be going 10 miles or more over the speed limit, they will face a citation after the 30-day warning window completes. Both CDOT and CSP said their priority to focusing enforcement is along construction zones. "We have seen a high rate of fatalities within work zones," said Keith Stefanik, CDOT's chief engineer. By placing cameras, which also have flash functions for night hours, along the work zones, this allows both CDOT and CSP to further enforce traffic laws in an area otherwise unsafe for troopers to patrol due to lack of shoulder space. "Our data shows that more than 60% of drivers are speeding through work zones, and 11% of those are going over 10 miles an hour over that speed limit," CSP Capt. Shane Scovel said. "Our construction crews are out in the field every day working on these critical safety and mobility improvements. Speeding drivers put their lives and all other lives on the roadway at risk," said Heather Paddock, CDOT's Region 4 director. During the 30-day warning window, drivers will be given one opportunity for a warning. However, if they are clocked speeding 10 or more miles an hour a second time during the warning period, they will receive a formal citation. Citations run $75 each and do not include point reductions to a license. CDOT said this effort is not about punishment or profits, but rather prevention. "It is meant to gain the attention of drivers," Chafee said.
