Councillors Dave Thompson and Matt Dell want the city to ask the province to install speed and red-light cameras at all locations in Victoria where there were more than 20 casualty crashes between 2018 and 2022
Two Victoria city councillors are hoping to push the province to install more than 50 speed and red-light cameras at high-risk intersections in the city.
The motion council will consider this week cites ICBC data showing that between 2018 and 2022 there were 4,087 casualty crashes in Victoria. Thompson said given the population growth in the region and increasing number of people on the roads, something needs to be done. Thompson and Dell suggested cameras be placed at intersections where more than 20 casualty crashes have occurred over the last five years, though Thompson said he’s not tied to a number and hopes council will be able to determine what number to ask for.
Thompson said the hope is that council will get behind the initiative and request that the province act, or at least allow the city to install cameras itself.
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