Photo radar to continue in Sask. while government assesses pilot program
The two-year pilot project for photo radar in Saskatchewan is nearly finished, but it’ll be sticking around for a little while longer while the provincial government decides whether the program will become permanent.
The program first launched in mid-November 2014 in Moose Jaw at Highway 1 and 9th Avenue. In December that year, cameras came online in Regina, Saskatoon, Martensville and near White City on the Trans-Canada Highway. Shortly after, cameras went up in select school zones in Regina, Saskatoon and Moose Jaw.
A warning period followed for drivers and by March 2015 the grace period was over and tickets beganbeing issued. March 8, 2017, will mark two years since that time, although SGI confirmed the program will remain in place while a decision is made on whether the province keeps the cameras or abandons them.
A total of $8.4 million was raised after about the first full year of the pilot, with $2 million of that going to municipalities.