The Saskatchewan government has expanded its photo speed enforcement pilot project to include Highway 1 East between Pilot Butte and White City, and Highway 12 at Martensville.
Significant growth in those areas has led to increased traffic and risk of collisions, Don McMorris, the minister responsible for Saskatchewan Government Insurance, said in a news release Monday.
“Reducing fatalities and injuries on Saskatchewan roads and highways is a top priority.” McMorris said.
“Introducing photo speed enforcement builds on our earlier action of lowering the speed limit to 90 km/hr on these stretches to help calm traffic and make them safer. By slowing down, you have a better chance of surviving a crash.”
Once the cost of the cameras has been covered, any revenue generated through photo speed enforcement will go toward traffic safety initiatives.
“We would be thrilled to see zero tickets and zero revenue, because that would mean no one is speeding through these high-risk corridors,” McMorris said. “Our goal is to prevent traffic deaths and injuries.”
Previously announced photo speed enforcement locations include the Ring Road in Regina, Circle Drive in Saskatoon, and the intersection of Highway 1 and 9th Avenue in Moose Jaw. The pilot project will also target speeders in selected school zones in those three cities.
The pilot project is expected to begin in mid-October, weather permitting. All photo speed enforcement locations will be marked with signs.
More information on the pilot project is available online at sgi.sk.ca.
