Toronto adds 25 speed cameras, budgets $72.8M for Vision Zero in 2023
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Toronto is adding 25 new speed cameras to its Automated Speed Enforcement program giving the city 75 devices in community safety zones.
“We now have 75 speed cameras across the city and I remain fully committed to installing a total of 150 cameras this term,” Mayor John Tory said Thursday at Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School, near Avenue Rd. and Eglinton Ave. W., where one of the new camera will be located.
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“Expanding the Automated Speed Enforcement program is a major step forward in making our neighbourhoods safer for everyone in Toronto and an effort that demonstrates our continued commitment to advancing Toronto’s Vision Zero Road Safety Plan,” he added.
Vision Zero’s goal is to eliminate traffic-related fatalities and serious injuries on streets.
Tory says Vision Zero will receive $72.8 million in funding within this year’s budget, which is the largest amount to date.
From 2017 to 2022, the city invested more than $264 million in Vision Zero.
In November, the city installed 90-day warning signs at all the new locations.
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The 25 new ASE devices will be located at Thistle Down Blvd. east of Albion Rd., Martin Grove Rd. south of Eglinton Ave., W., Mimico Ave. west of Station Road, Lansdowne Ave. near 108 Lansdowne Ave., Pritchard Ave. near Batavia Ave., Sheppard Ave., W. west of Keele St., Driftwood Ave. east of Jane St., Avenue Rd. north of Elwood Blvd., Gladstone Ave. south of Cross St. Dennison Ave. south of Grange, Bloor St., W west of Clinton St., Davisville Ave. east of Yonge St., Queen St., E. near Sackville St., Logan Ave. north of Wolfrey Ave., Harrison Rd. near Vernham Ave. Sloane Ave. near Draycott Dr., Freshmeadow Dr. west of Applegate Cr., Senlac Rd. north of Elynhill Dr., Main St. south of Swanwick Ave. Danforth Rd. east of Huntington Ave., Lawrence Ave., E. near Canlish Rd., Birchmount Rd. north of Bay Mills Blvd., Tapscott Rd. west of Blackwell Ave., Orton Park Rd. south of Ellesmere Rd., and Lawrence Ave., E. west of Port Union Rd.
The devices to be fully activated and enforcing speed limits in two weeks.
In December, the devices issued 21,362 tickets with the most issued on Parkside Dr. south of Algonquin Ave. at 1,841, or approximately 9% of all tickets.
There were 1,558 repeat offenders.
“The existence of speed cameras on our roadways is a reminder that each and every single person driving needs to slow down and obey the posted speed limit, especially near schools in Community Safety Zones – the places where kids and people of all ages tend to walk, run, bike and play,” said Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie, chair of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee.
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