Belleville council has pre-approved spending just over $327,000 to have cameras installed at 10 Community Safety Zones to catch speeders next year.
While all council members agree their number one complaint from residents is about drivers speeding they also
receive comments that any speed enforcement is a cash grab.
receive comments that any speed enforcement is a cash grab.
Councillor Tyler Allsopp says the Automated Speed Enforcement Program has nothing to do with increasing the city’s revenues.
“What I said tonight was that in three years we make no revenue from it because no one’s speeding, we’ll all be happy, and that should be the mark of whether it’s a cash grab or not. We are not hoping to generate revenue by people speeding, we’re hoping to reduce the speeding.”
If caught speeding in a Community Safety Zone a steep fine will be issued but the driver will not lose demerit points.
Find detail on speed camera locations here.
