As of Friday, August 2, 2024, 14 out of Mississauga’s 22 automated speed enforcement (ASE) cameras are actively monitoring speed limits at various locations throughout the city, according to the latest update from the city.
As of Friday, August 2, 2024, 14 out of Mississauga’s 22 automated speed enforcement (ASE) cameras are actively monitoring speed limits at various locations throughout the city, according to the latest update from the city.
These ASE devices employ a combination of cameras and speed measurement tools to enforce speed limits specifically in community safety zones near schools. The program is anticipated to expand further in the future.
*WHERE ARE THE CAMERAS?*
– *Clarkson Road North*: Between Birchwood Drive and Balsam Avenue in Ward 2. *Activated on April 13, 2024.*
– *Edenwood Road*: Between Aquitaine Avenue and Runcorn Row in Ward 9. *Activated on May 2, 2024.*
– *Glenwood Drive*: Between Kenollie Avenue and Mineola Road West. *Activated on April 11, 2024.*
– *Heatherleigh Avenue*: Between Rogerson Road and Preston Manor Drive in Ward 6. *Activated on April 22, 2024.*
– *Historic Trail*: Between Pepperidge Crescent and Lamplight Way in Ward 11. *Activated on April 26, 2024.*
– *Homelands Drive*: Between Barcella Crescent and Pyramid Crescent in Ward 2. *Activated on June 7, 2024.*
– *Mississauga Valley Boulevard*: Between Central Parkway East and a point 500 meters west in Ward 4. *Activated on March 22, 2024.*
– *Morning Star Drive*: Between Lancaster Avenue and Reindeer Drive in Ward 5. *Activated on May 29, 2024.*
– *Queenston Drive*: Between Chalice Crescent and The Credit Woodlands in Ward 6. *New activation on July 1, 2024.*
– *Rosehurst Drive*: Between Terragar Boulevard and Sandhurst Drive in Ward 10. *Activated on April 26, 2024.*
– *Silver Creek Boulevard*: Between Mississauga Valley Boulevard and Gwendale Crescent in Ward 4. *Activated on May 29, 2024.*
– *Tedwyn Drive*: Between Pear Tree Road and Chantenay Drive in Ward 1. *Activated on May 2, 2024.*
– *Thorncrest Drive*: Between Colonial Drive and Loyalist Drive in Ward 8. *Activated on April 10, 2024.*
– *Trelawny Circle*: Between Doug Leavens Boulevard and Osprey Boulevard in Ward 10. *Activated on June 3, 2024.*
*UPCOMING SPEED CAMERAS*
– *Aquinas Avenue*: Between Sebastian Drive and Long Acre Drive in Ward 8.
– *Artesian Drive*: Between Auckland Avenue and Long Acre Drive in Ward 8. *New addition on June 28, 2024.*
– *Barondale Drive 2*: Between Cortina Crescent and Wildwood Trail in Ward 5. *Added on May 14, 2024.*
– *Churchill Meadows Boulevard*: Between Pearlstone Drive and Thomas Street in Ward 10.
– *Clara Road*: Between Netherwood Road and Catalpa Road in Ward 5.
– *Cuthbert Avenue*: Between Princelea Place and Creditview Road.
– *Forest Avenue*: Between Rosewood Avenue and Cayuga Avenue in Ward 1.
– *Gaslamp Walk*: Between John Watt Boulevard and Old Derry Road in Ward 9.
– *Hillcrest Avenue 2*: Between Clayhill Road and Parkerhill Road in Ward 7. *Added on May 22, 2024.*
– *Huron Heights Drive*: Between Ella Avenue and James Austin Drive in Ward 3. *Added on February 16, 2024.*
– *Kelly Road*: Between Truscott Drive and Brookhurst Road in Ward 2. *Added on May 2, 2024.*
– *Kingsbridge Garden Circle*: Between Regents Terrace and Kingston Court in Ward 3. *Added on May 2, 2024.*
– *Lisgar Drive*: Between Forest Bluff Crescent and Osprey Boulevard in Ward 10. *Added on May 2, 2024.*
– *Melton Drive*: Between Stir Crescent and Rambo Road in Ward 1. *Added on March 19, 2024.*
– *Millcreek Drive*: Between Tamar Road and Derry Road West in Ward 9. *New addition on June 28, 2024.*
– *Miller’s Grove*: Between Bartholomew Crescent and Tours Road in Ward 9. *Added on March 6, 2024.*
– *Netherwood Road*: Between Clara Drive and Morning Star Drive in Ward 5. *Added on May 14.*
– *Ponytrail Drive*: Between Fieldgate Drive and Silverplains Drive in Ward 3. *Added on May 2.*
– *Robillard Road*: Between Christopher Road and Lenarthur Drive in Ward 2. *New addition on June 14, 2024.*
– *Runningbrook Drive*: Between Autumn Harvest Drive and Riverspray Crescent in Ward 3. *Added on January 24, 2024.*
– *Sherwood Mills Boulevard 2*: Between Brockworth Drive and Fallingbrook Drive in Ward 6. *New addition on June 14, 2024.*
– *Vista Boulevard*: Between Erin Mills Parkway and Vista Drive in Ward 11. *Added on May 2, 2024.*
*PROGRAM TIMELINE*
Mississauga City Council approved the automated speed enforcement (ASE) program as part of the 2020 budget, initially set to launch in September of that year. However, delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic hindered its rollout.
In May 2021, former Ward 9 Councillor Pat Saito moved a successful motion to expedite the installation of additional speed cameras, increasing the program from two to 22 cameras by the end of the year.
The city’s first two photo radar cameras became operational on July 5, 2021, located in the Malton and Erin Mills neighborhoods. City officials aimed to have all 22 speed cameras activated by the end of 2021, and a report confirmed that all were operational by April 2022.
*TICKETS ISSUED*
In 2020, city staff estimated that the 22 photo radar units would generate approximately 160,000 charges annually.
According to a news release from the City of Mississauga, 495 speeding tickets were issued from the initial two camera locations—Morning Star Drive and Sawmill Valley Drive—between July 5 and the first week of August 2021.
In a statement via email, Colin Patterson, the city’s road safety supervisor, reported that Mississauga’s photo radar cameras issued an additional 4,827 speeding tickets between August and December 2021.
As of June 3, 2022, a total of 8,258 tickets had been issued through the program, but only about 25% of the associated fines had been paid. During this period, roughly 1,600 vehicles were recorded speeding but did not receive tickets due to a provincial rule mandating that fines must be issued within 30 days of the offense.
In 2022, over 23,000 tickets were issued as part of the photo radar program. By September 30, 2023, the city reported that more than 58,000 tickets had been issued during the first two years of the ASE program.
*PAST LOCATIONS*
– *Alexandra Avenue*: Between Atwater Avenue and 4th Street in Ward 1. *New addition on July 29, 2024.*
– *Aquinas Avenue*: Between Sebastian Drive and Long Acre Drive in Ward 8.
– *Artesian Drive 1*: Between Auckland Avenue and Long Acre Drive in Ward 8.
– *Atwater Avenue*: Between Cawthra Road and Alexandra Avenue in Ward 1.
– *Barondale Drive 1*: Between Cortina Crescent and Wildwood Trail in Ward 5.
– *Bodley Road*: Between Constable Road and Constable Road in Ward 2.
– *Bough Beeches Boulevard*: Between Chalkdene Grove and Claypine Rise in Ward 1.
– *Bromsgrove Road*: Between Cramer Street and Tredmore Drive in Ward 2.
– *Camilla Road*: Between Queensway and Cherry Post Drive in Ward 7.
– *Cashmere Avenue*: Between Paisley Boulevard West and Louis Drive in Ward 7.
– *Castlebridge Drive*: Between Greensboro Drive and Glen Erin Drive in Ward 9.
– *Cedar Creek Drive 1*: Between Runningbrook Drive and Lexicon Drive in Ward 3.
– *Cedar Creek 2*: Between Runningbrook Drive and Lexicon Drive in Ward 3. *New addition on July 29, 2024.*
– *Church Street*: Between Mill Street and Queen Street in Ward 11. *New addition on July 15, 2024.*
– *Ceremonial Drive 1*: Between Chagall Court and Bristol Road West in Ward 5.
– *Ceremonial Drive 2*: Between Chagall Court and Bristol Road West in Ward 5.
– *Cherry Post Drive*: Between Camilla Road and Corsair Road in Ward 7.
– *Chriseden Drive*: Between
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