Last year a number of rural community members very concerned about speeding on Raglan Rd. W (which is a Regional Rd #5 advocated for a speed camera. With support from Durham Region Police, the Ward Councillors and Oshawa traffic technologist staff, the Region added Raglan Rd. W. to its list of Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) camera locations.
Recently Hamlet of Raglan residents commented on social media how when the camera was up traffic slowed, but now with it gone aggressive speeding is a problem once again.
I indicated how the Raglan Rd. W. camera is on a rotation with other Regional roads and promised to find out the plan for when it returns, as well as more details about the camera program, with some specific ASE data with respect to Raglan Rd. West.
The Region has 14 cameras in total (6 mobile and 8 fixed) with 2 additional fixed cameras coming in 2024 (These 2 are carry over locations from the Region's 2023 approved budget – one in Oshawa on Simcoe St. S. by Harbour Rd near the Lake – and another one in Uxbridge/Goodwood).
There are an additional 6 cameras in the Region put into operation by the Town of Ajax and City of Pickering (3 each).
SIDE NOTE: The City of Oshawa recently passed a motion that it will be investigate a plan to install cameras on its local roads, but it does not appear to be too imminent for perhaps 2 reasons --
1/ the set up and operational cost for a City owned program (especially given that Oshawa Council last month approved advancing plans for an unfunded 150 million$+ new community centre at Thornton Rd. N. and Britannia Rd. W (which will also require 12 million$+ to construct the missing bridge connecting Britannia Rd. W to Thornton Rd. N.) and
2/ the backlog in processing tickets with the service provider that the Region and City of Toronto have been experiencing. Also, although the Region's arrangement with its lower tier municipalities was to have a 60-40 split of the AES program revenue, the City of Oshawa has received no funds from the Region program to date. In my opinion it's a bit of a mystery how that is.
The Region's 2024 budget, just approved last week, did not include any additional funds for new enforcement cameras this year.
They have 6 mobile cameras covering about 40 sites so the rotation period can be longer than 90 days.
About fixed cameras – with no approved new cameras in the 2024 budget, the earliest they will be doing any additional fixed sites would be 2025.
In the 3 months the speed camera was operational on Raglan Rd. W. officers issued 989 charges from 1716 incidents of speeding...considered a fairly typical charge rate since there are many reasons why a recorded speeding event may not result in a charge (for example: unreadable, missing or obscured licence plates).
The highest recorded speed was 97 km/hr, almost double the road's posted 50km/hr speed limit. According to the Region, there were modest reductions in the average speed of traffic while the camera was in place. They plan to have the camera back in the fall –and I'm told they generally see better results in the 2nd and 3rd deployments of a camera to the same location.
Note: picture below is an example of a ASE camera, but not from the Hamlet of Raglan, Durham Regional Rd. No. 5.
Recently Hamlet of Raglan residents commented on social media how when the camera was up traffic slowed, but now with it gone aggressive speeding is a problem once again.
I indicated how the Raglan Rd. W. camera is on a rotation with other Regional roads and promised to find out the plan for when it returns, as well as more details about the camera program, with some specific ASE data with respect to Raglan Rd. West.
The Region has 14 cameras in total (6 mobile and 8 fixed) with 2 additional fixed cameras coming in 2024 (These 2 are carry over locations from the Region's 2023 approved budget – one in Oshawa on Simcoe St. S. by Harbour Rd near the Lake – and another one in Uxbridge/Goodwood).
There are an additional 6 cameras in the Region put into operation by the Town of Ajax and City of Pickering (3 each).
SIDE NOTE: The City of Oshawa recently passed a motion that it will be investigate a plan to install cameras on its local roads, but it does not appear to be too imminent for perhaps 2 reasons --
1/ the set up and operational cost for a City owned program (especially given that Oshawa Council last month approved advancing plans for an unfunded 150 million$+ new community centre at Thornton Rd. N. and Britannia Rd. W (which will also require 12 million$+ to construct the missing bridge connecting Britannia Rd. W to Thornton Rd. N.) and
2/ the backlog in processing tickets with the service provider that the Region and City of Toronto have been experiencing. Also, although the Region's arrangement with its lower tier municipalities was to have a 60-40 split of the AES program revenue, the City of Oshawa has received no funds from the Region program to date. In my opinion it's a bit of a mystery how that is.
The Region's 2024 budget, just approved last week, did not include any additional funds for new enforcement cameras this year.
They have 6 mobile cameras covering about 40 sites so the rotation period can be longer than 90 days.
About fixed cameras – with no approved new cameras in the 2024 budget, the earliest they will be doing any additional fixed sites would be 2025.
In the 3 months the speed camera was operational on Raglan Rd. W. officers issued 989 charges from 1716 incidents of speeding...considered a fairly typical charge rate since there are many reasons why a recorded speeding event may not result in a charge (for example: unreadable, missing or obscured licence plates).
The highest recorded speed was 97 km/hr, almost double the road's posted 50km/hr speed limit. According to the Region, there were modest reductions in the average speed of traffic while the camera was in place. They plan to have the camera back in the fall –and I'm told they generally see better results in the 2nd and 3rd deployments of a camera to the same location.
Note: picture below is an example of a ASE camera, but not from the Hamlet of Raglan, Durham Regional Rd. No. 5.
