Winnipeg councillor wanting province to review, expand photo radar in the city [Video]

Winnipeg’s police board chair thinks it might be time to expand the use of photo radar.

Coun. Markus Chambers wants the province to do a long-called for review of the program that has been in place for 23 years.

This comes as the Winnipeg Police Service is surveying the public about moving mobile photo radar vehicles beyond school and construction zones.

The survey is asking if Winnipeggers would support or oppose radar at other locations where there are high rates of collisions and speeding.

“The way the legislation is written right now is very prescriptive,” said Chambers.

Chambers and the WPS have been calling on the province to review the program, including the 49 intersection cameras.

He said the current technology is dated and the city has grown, so he’d like to see it expand to neighbourhoods that didn’t exist two decades ago.

“It’s a matter of looking at the …