With the start of the school year and the busy streets that come with it, Durham Region is enhancing road safety measures to protect students and residents.
New Automated Speed Enforcement cameras have been installed in key school and community safety zones to help keep speeds in check and protect pedestrians.
Here’s where the latest speed cameras are located in Durham Region:
Permanent Automated Speed Enforcement locations:
Ajax: Bayly Street, east of Harwood Avenue, near Ajax High School and St. Bernadette Catholic School.
Oshawa: Simcoe Street, between Taunton Road and Conlin Road, near Ontario Tech University and Durham College; Harmony Road North, north of Eastbourne Avenue, near Eastdale Collegiate and Vincent Massey Public School.
Pickering: Central Street, west of Brock Road, near Claremont Public School; Altona Road, south of Fiddlers Court, near Elizabeth B. Phin Public School.
Whitby: Anderson Street, north of Dundas Street, near Anderson Collegiate Vocational Institute; Myrtle Road West, west of Ashburn Road, near Burns Presbyterian Church.
Uxbridge: Regional Highway 47, west of Front Street.
Mobile Automated Speed Enforcement locations:
Uxbridge: Sandford Road, east of Smith Drive.
Oshawa: Simcoe Street North, south of Beatrice Street East; Stevenson Road North, north of Beurling Avenue; Simcoe Street North, north of Taunton Road.
Scugog: Reach Street, west of Old Simcoe Road.
Clarington: Courtice Road, north of Regional Highway 2.
These mobile cameras will be rotated through various community safety zone sites, with “Automated Speed Camera Coming Soon” signs posted 90 days ahead to alert drivers.
The City says that speeding contributes to nearly a third of fatal collisions in Canada. This program is a crucial part of the Vision Zero strategy to eliminate severe injuries and deaths on roads.
The current penalties for speeding in community safety or school zones is on a sliding scale, starting at $5 per kilometre over the speed limit. For example, driving 16 km/h over the posted speed limit would result in a total penalty of $108.25.
The tickets would be sent to the owner of the vehicle, regardless of who was driving and no demerit points would be issued.
—With files from Glenn Hendry
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