By Kevin Martel

MAP: Sask. photo radar project delayed

Oct 27, 2014 | 7:31 AM

The Saskatchewan Government is a little behind schedule on launching its photo radar pilot program.

The province was hoping to have all eight cameras installed and operational by mid-October. However, SGI admitted Friday that not all locations will be up and running by month’s end. The crown is hoping to have at least one location ready to go, at Highway 1 and 9th Avenue in Moose Jaw. SGI said the other cameras won’t be too far behind in their set up.

Other camera locations include Ring Road in Regina, Circle Drive in Saskatoon, Highway 12 at Martensville and Highway 1 East between Pilot Butte and White City, along with selected school zones in Regina, Saskatoon and Moose Jaw (scroll down to see map).

Only one school zone camera at a time will be set up in each city. SGI said the locations were chosen by municipalities and police agencies. In Regina, city police Inspector Sheree Ortman is in charge of the traffic safety unit. She explained the reasoning behind choosing the selected zones.

“It was not based solely on collision stats. It’s based on dozens and dozens of factors,” she said. “Things such as traffic volume, how many lanes of traffic there were, sightlines.”

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She added that police also took into account the number of public complaints received with specific school zones along with other issues arising over the last number of years.

“Our main goal is to ensure that there’s safety for the public, especially our children.”

Like the school zones, the other five radar locations will have multiple points where the cameras can be moved to. Regina’s Ring Road and Saskatoon’s Circle Drive will each have five possible locations where radar will go at any one time (see map below).

Once the two-year pilot program starts, warnings will be issued for the first two months before speeding drivers begin to receive actual tickets.