City of Ottawa to install 20 more red light cameras at dangerous intersections
Posted Nov 13, 2019 09:26:00 PM.
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The City of Ottawa thinks the installation of more red light cameras will help bring down the number of serious collisions at certain intersections.
Its Red-Light Camera Program was expanded Wednesday, to include an additional 20 locations, bringing the total number of active red-light cameras in the city to 74 by the end of 2020.
The city explained, the presence of red-light cameras at targeted intersections has shown to reduce high-speed, t-bone crashes which often send passengers to hospital.
Site selection for the cameras is based on the number of collisions, over a five-year period, that could be prevented by reducing red-light-running incidents.
Six red-light cameras will be installed by the end of 2019:
- *Bank Street and Hunt Club Road (Ward 10)
- Besserer Street and King Edward Avenue (Ward 12)
- Carling Avenue and Iroquois Road (Ward 7)
- *Catherine Street and O'Connor Street (Ward 14)
- Russell Road and St-Laurent Boulevard (Ward 18)
- Walkley Road and Don Reid Drive (shared boundaries of Wards 10 and 18)
*Indicates intersections at which a red-light camera is already in place. These locations are receiving second red-light cameras because crash data indicates the installation of a camera on another approach to the intersection will reduce collisions that continue to happen.
Another 14 locations will be equipped with red-light cameras by the end of 2020. The city said those locations will be identified based on a review of red-light-running collisions between 2014 and 2018. Once the 14 locations have been confirmed, a memo will be sent to City Council listing the specific locations.
Residents can visit ottawa.ca for more information on the Red-Light Camera Program and see a list of existing red-light camera locations.
