The City of Windsor will not place red light cameras at additional intersections, at least not yet.
Windsor City Council agreed on Monday to delay the plan to add ten more cameras to Windsor's busiest intersections.
The request was made by Mayor Drew Dilkens, who was looking for additional information on how driver behaviour has changed at the ten intersections that currently have cameras. He said it was easy to lose focus on why the cameras were installed in the first place.
"We didn't start this program to generate revenue, to make this a new revenue line," said Dilkens. "This is about public safety and decreasing infractions at these intersections."
According to the report, there are 296 controlled intersections across the city, and the ten cameras currently in use account for just three per cent of those.
The report also stated that the administration had not analyzed how, or if, the number of collisions at these intersections went down.
Dilkens said he would feel better if there was more driver-based information.
"The report has revenue and expense data, but it doesn't talk to the actual data, whether it's by intersection or by success of the program," said Dilkens. "It talks about, anecdotally, having more is going to bring in more money."
The ten cameras currently in use are at the following intersections.
Wyandotte Street East at Goyeau Street
Wyandotte Street at Ouellette Avenue
Howard Avenue at the E.C. Row eastbound off-ramp
University Avenue West at Crawford Avenue
McHugh Street at Clover Avenue
Giles Blvd at Ouellette Avenue
Seminole Street at Central Avenue
Erie Street East at Goyeau Street
Huron Church Road at Tecumseh Road West
Eugenie Street East at McDougall Avenue
The original set of ten cameras was installed in February 2022. Drivers found guilty of running a red light at one of these intersections pay a $325 fine.
