'Not about the revenue': Edmonton councillor disappointed with incoming photo radar restrictions
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The province is going ahead with significant changes to limit where cities can use photo radar.
The province is going ahead with significant changes to limit where cities can use photo radar.
According to a memo sent to Edmonton city council and obtained by CTV News Edmonton, the Alberta government will release new guidelines on automated traffic enforcement (photo radar) in December.
The memo lists policy changes as including:
This means photo radar will no longer be allowed on major roadways like Anthony Henday Drive, Yellowhead Trail, Whitemud Drive, Stony Plain Road, Calgary Trail and Gateway Boulevard.
Coun. Jo-Anne Wright said she's disappointed with the decision.
"It wasn't the enhancements that I was anticipating that our Safe Mobility team would have heard from the province," Wright said.
The memo said 88 per cent of traffic fatalities last year were on Edmonton roadways that will no longer be allowed to have photo radar, and that 57 per cent of those were a result of speed.
