Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) is coming to Mississauga. There were notices hoisted in different parts of the city to inform residents about the new innovation which will be installed in the coming months.
The proposed first two installations will rotate on a monthly basis within neighbourhoods that contain schools or community safety zones. The proposed locations are:
●Ward 5: Morning Star Drive (between Lancaster Avenue and Netherwood Road)
●Ward 8: Sawmill Valley Drive (between Folkway Drive and Grosvenor Place)
During the second phase of the project, the program will allow ASE technology to rotate through all suitable residential school zones within a city where there are concerns about speeding.
“Like many Ontario municipalities, we continue to see the dangerous effects of speeding on our roadways. As a Vision Zero city, we are serious about getting drivers to slow down and are taking concrete action to make our roads safer for everyone,” Mayor Bonnie Crombie.
“From lowering speed limits city-wide and implementing new community safety zones to rolling out ASE, our message is clear: it’s time to slow down!”
Confirmed reports say that several cameras will be added to already existing ones. This could include about 22 cameras which will rotate across all wards.
The overarching reason for this new technology is to improve road safety in the city. The city had announced the launch of the Neighbourhood Area Speed Limit Project, which includes lowering the speed limits down to 30km/h and 40km/h in neighbourhood school zones and residential streets respectively.
According to reports, Mayor Bonnie Crombie sent a letter to Premier Doug Ford in the summer that highlighted pressure on the court during the pandemic and requested additional judicial apparatuses to address backlogs and future initiatives like the ASE, school bus stop arm cameras, and red light cameras.
The ASE program was scheduled to commence in 2020, but due to the global pandemic (COVID-19), it was delayed to give staff sufficient time to lower the speed limit on some roadways.
The city will monitor the success of phase and would build on the success to plan future installations of the program.
