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Printed December 17, 2024 at 9:24 am
Purple mild and velocity digital camera tickets can be issued as soon as once more in Mississauga, however it seems some drivers could get off the hook.
The month-long Canada Submit strike meant that the tickets couldn’t be issued, with mail being the one technique of notifying automobile homeowners of an offence.
Metropolis of Mississauga spokesperson Irene McCutcheon informed INsauga.com through the strike that whereas the cameras have nonetheless been working, capturing velocity and purple mild violations, tickets couldn’t be mailed out.
And given the size of the Canada Submit strike, it seems some drivers could also be let off.
“The province allows tickets to be issued up to 23 days after the date of offence,” McCutcheon beforehand mentioned.
“As a result, when the postal strike ends, the City will mail out all violations that were captured in the previous 23 days.”
Any violations that had been captured previous to that and handed the 23-day allowance gained’t be issued, McCutcheon confirmed.
The Canada Submit strike started on Nov. 15 — 32 days in the past.
Mail is ready to start shifting Tuesday after the strike ended, although the union representing employees is difficult the intervention within the labour dispute.
Canada Submit additionally mentioned it won’t obtain or decide up new merchandise till Thursday amid a backlog of packages and letters.
The postal service mentioned Canadians ought to count on delays into January.
INsauga.com reached out to the Metropolis for an replace Monday amid information the strike was coming to an finish.
McCutcheon mentioned that the impacts of the strike on the velocity digital camera program aren’t at the moment recognized.
“Due to the provincial regulations which allow tickets to be issued up to 23 days after the date of offence, monthly tickets volumes are reported one month after the end of the month,” she mentioned.
“As a result, any impact on ticket volumes for the months of November and December, will not be known until January and February, respectively.”
— With recordsdata from The Canadian Press
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