Automated speed enforcement will soon be back on the Norfolk County Council agenda.
Mayor Amy Martin introduced a notice of motion calling on the Ontario government to allow municipalities to use automated speed enforcement (ASE) on any road under its jurisdiction.
At present, provincial legislation allows municipalities to use automated speed enforcement in designated community safety zones and school safety zones.
“This is a motion that’s being circulated by municipalities across Ontario,” Martin said at the May 16 meeting of county council. “It’s a request to allow municipalities to use speed enforcement measures as was discussed at the last council meeting.
“We would just be putting this forward to join our municipal partners with that request and we can discuss this full at the next meeting.”
Automated speed enforcement is a technology that records the speed of vehicles. Tickets are then mailed to the owner of the vehicle for payment of fines but no demerit points are issued.
The province in 2017 authorized municipalities to use ASE to address speeding in school and designated community safety zones. The technology is used in conjunction with speed enforcement and education to reduce the speed of motorists.
Norfolk councilors earlier this month approved a pilot project which will see ASE used at: Norfolk Street North between Davis Street and 13th Street West in Simcoe; Main Street between Blueline Road and Thompson Drive in Port Dover; James Street between Dalton Road and Brock Avenue in Delhi and Cockshutt Road between Inglewood Drive and St. John’s Road in Port Dover at various times over the summer.
The county will use the information gathered from the pilot project to determine if a permanent ASE program is warranted.
Municipalities across Ontario say speeding is a major concern and can take place in all areas of a community.
Delays in enforcement can make speeding dangerous and municipalities have limited resources to implement speed reduction measures. Local police services also have limited resources to address the issue, municipalities say.
Plans call for the motion, if passed by council, to be sent to Ontario’s Minister of Transportation, local MPPs, all Ontario municipalities and the Association of Municipalities of Ontario.
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