Three weeks after new restrictions on photo radar took effect, Edmonton councillors are asking the city to look into alternative ways to conduct traffic enforcement to keep streets safe.
The new Alberta government regulations took effect April 1, prohibiting photo radar on numbered provincial highways and limiting its use to school, playground and construction zones.
Beyond these areas, local governments have to submit their case and show evidence of higher collision rates.
In those cases, the “speed on green” function for intersection cameras is restricted to red light enforcement — and only allowed in areas with a higher frequency rate for collisions, injury and fatal collisions, relative to similar areas or intersections over a three-year period.
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The new rules reduce the overall number of sites where photo radar could be used by about 70 per cent — from about 2,400 sites to around 650 across the province.
“Our city has grown to 1.25 million people, yet now the …