Stirling-Rawdon council will soon be deciding whether or not to go ahead with setting up an Automated Speed Enforcement system in the village.
Tuesday council heard from the City of Brampton which would handle the administration, including the mailing
of speeding tickets.
Stirling-Rawdon Mayor Bob Mullin says the camera and associated equipment and services would have to be leased but it’s likely it would be money well spent.
A mobile speed monitoring system has shown speeding to be a problem.
” … the stats on it … the number of people even on our gravel roads … the number of people that exceed the speed limit … it’s crazy! If every one of them got a ticket it would more than pay for itself.”
Mullin says about 35,000 vehicles a week travel through the village.
At council’s next meeting it will decide on partnering with Brampton. Before a camera system can be set up, a community safety zone would first have to be in place. The area of most concern is a stretch of West Front Street.
