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Automated Speed Cameras
Automated speed cameras has been a hot button issue. Recently, Premier Doug Ford double down on the use of camers in municipalities and is calling it a tax grab.
Last month, the region stated it recorded two million instances of speeding and handed out more than 55.000 tickets since the program started in February.
17 speed cameras are currently operating in school zones across Waterloo Region with plan to bring another 11 into service this fall.
At a council meeting, the region's acting Transportation Commissioner Doug Spooner says the funds generated by the speed camera program will be funnelled back into road safety, funding infrastructure like roundabouts, speed bumps and traffic bollards.
Committee members discussed how some residents have complained about the program, saying it's a cash grab.
