Speed cameras to more than double in 2023

The City of Ottawa plans to install 23 more automated speed enforcement cameras alongcity roads this year, and is letting motorists know in advance where they'll be.

The additional cameras, includingsix that were supposed to be installed last year, will more than double the total number of them across the city.

According to a memo to the mayor and councillors from Carol Hall, the city's associate director of traffic services, the additional cameras will bring the total number to 40 by the end of the year.

Introduced as a pilot project, the camera program was made permanent in October 2021, with plans to add between 15 and 25 new cameras each year until 2026.

"Where installed, speed cameras were found effective at increasing compliance to the posted speed limit, which reduces the risk to vulnerable road users," according to the memo.

The city also lists 77 red light camera locations.

Cameras near schools, parks

Of the 17 new speed camera locations, 11 are within school zones,two are near parks andothers are on roads where speeding has been identified as a problem.

The new camera locations are:

• Jeanne D'Arc BoulevardN. from Paddler Way/Vorlage Driveto Orlans Boulevard(near Terry Fox Elementary School).
• Cedarview Roadfrom Fallowfield Roadto about 200 metressouth of Fallowfield(near Cedarview Middle School).
• Cambrian Roadfrom Greenbank Road to Kilbirnie Drive(near St. Cecilia School).
• Woodroffe Avenue from Anthony Avenueto Saville Row (near Woodroffe Avenue Public School).
• First Avenuefrom Chrysler Streetto Percy Street(near Glebe Collegiate Institute).
• Heron Roadfrom Finn Courtto Baycrest Drive(near Queen of Angels Adult High School).
• Portobello Boulevardfrom Capreol Street/Martello Driveto Aquaview Drive(near Avalon Public School and cole lmentaire public Des Sentiers).
• Spratt Roadfrom Canyon Walk Drive to Shoreline Drive (near St. Jerome School, Steve MacLean Public School and cole lmentaire catholique Bernard-Grandmatre).
• Kelly Farm Drivefrom Shepody Circle to Findlay Creek Drive(near Vimy Ridge Public School).
• Stonehaven Drivefrom Bridle Park Driveto Tandalee Crescent(near St. Anne School, cole lmentaire catholique lisabeth-Bruyreand Roch Carrier Elementary School).
• Berrigan Drivefrom Croxley Way to Claridge Drive(nearBerrigan Elementary School and Longfields-Davidson Heights Secondary School).
• Riverside Drivefrom Mooney's Bay Placeto Ridgewood Avenue(nearMooney's Bay Park).
• Bronson Avenuefrom University Drive/Sunnyside Avenueto Brewer Way (near Brewer Park).
• Hunt Club Roadfrom Lorry Greenberg Driveto Pike Street(high-speed location where the posted speed limit is between 50 and 70 km/h).
• Montreal Roadfrom OgilvieRoadto Foxborough Private/Bethamy Lane (high-speed location where the posted speed limit is between 50 and 70 km/h).
• Walkley Roadfrom Harding Road to Halifax Drive (high-speed locationwithlow speed limit compliance and many pedestrians).
• King Edward Avenuefrom Cathcart Streetto St. Patrick Street(high-speed location with lowspeed limit compliance and many pedestrians).

According to the city, the last five of those locations Hunt Club,WalkleyandMontreal roads, and King Edward and Bronson avenues are pending approval from Hydro Ottawa, which must determinewhether there's sufficient power infrastructure to support cameras in those spots.

In choosing those locations, the city says it takes a "data-driven approach" that takes into account such factors as existing compliance with the posted speed limit, the prevalenceof "high-end speeders" (those travelling 15 km/h or more over the speed limit), the number of collisions and the number of students walking or cycling to schoolsin the area.

6 cameras delayed last year

In addition to the 17 new cameras, sixmore that were approved for installation last year but held up due to labour disruptions and other "unforeseen delays" will be installed this spring, according to the memo.

Those locations are:

• Greenbank Road from JockvaleRoadto Half Moon Bay Road(near St. Joseph High School).
• Stittsville Main Streetfrom Bandelier Way to Hazeldean Road (near St. Stephen School).
• Woodroffe Avenuefrom Georgina Driveto Highway 417 (near D. Roy Kennedy Public School).
• Bridgestone Drive from Sunnybrooke Driveto Granite Court(near Maurice-Lapointe Public Elementary School).
• Chapman Mills Drivefrom Beatrice Driveto Meadgate Gate(near St. Emily School, Jean-Robert-Gauthier Catholic Elementary School and Chapman Mills Public School).
• Crestway Drivefrom Oldfield Streetto Hathaway Drive(near St. Andrew School).