The City of Ottawa is planning to install dozens more speed enforcement cameras in the coming months and for the first time, they will be going up in rural areas, including Dunrobin Road.
Councillor Kelly says he hopes photo radar cameras will change driving habits.
"It's all about safety," Kelly said. "When people are concerned about their children's safety when they're putting them on the bus, that gets my attention. And I get those calls regularly."
There are four photo radar cameras planned for rural Ottawa, including one on the stretch of Dunrobin Road between Porcupine Trail and Thomas A Dolan Parkway. The other rural cameras will be in Richmond, between Cockburn and King Street North, one in Vars on Rockdale Road, and the fourth on Manotick Main Street.
"West Carleton-March has a lot of road, and the speed limits are higher in rural areas," Kelly said. "You can get going much faster because there isn't the same sort of natural traffic calming measures that there would be in the urban or suburban areas."
15 photo radar cameras are scheduled to be installed by the end of this year, and the 2025 City of Ottawa Draft budget calls for another 24 photo radar cameras to be installed next year.
You can watch CTV News Ottawa's report on the rural speed cameras at the link below.
