Mississauga to add 20 new automated speed cameras by year’s end

Driving.ca
May 21, 2021

Mississauga city council has passed a motion to add 20 new speed cameras to the area by the end of 2021.

The Toronto-adjacent centre currently has two cameras, which will go into operation soon at Sawmill Valley Drive and Morning Start Drive and then rotate locations monthly, as part of its Automated Speed Enforcement Program. The devices use cameras and speed-measuring tech to catch and punish speeders without the need for police intervention.

“Far too many drivers are speeding in cities across Ontario and Mississauga is no exception.  As a Vision Zero city, we are committed to preventing fatalities and injuries on our roadways,” said Mayor Bonnie Crombie in an announcement. “Today’s decision to expedite our ASE program is an important step forward and demonstrates our commitment as a Council to making our roads safer for everyone.”

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In Mississauga, the devices will be set up near schools and community safe zones.

“Council’s direction to install more ASE cameras delivers an important investment in road safety,” said Geoff Wright, Commissioner of Transportation and Works.  “We are serious about getting drivers to slow down. Expanding our ASE program will complement other initiatives underway to make our streets safer, including traffic calming measures and lowering neighbourhood speed limits city-wide.”

The Vision Zero concept originated in Sweden in 1997 as a way to help reduce and eventually eliminate serious injury and death on roads. In its two-decades-plus of operation in the Scandinavian country, roadway fatalities have decreased by 50 per cent. The program also spread to other parts of the world, including Canada.