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Speed Camera Program to Grow

Tuesday, 12 August 2025 16:57

By Geoff Waterfield

City of Welland has voted to join the Niagara Region, and asked for another camera near a school, noting speeding has been reduced

This will make some drivers in Welland grit their teeth a bit more... city council voting to join the Niagara region in the speed camera program.

It voted 10-1 for a camera on Thorold Road in front of Gordon Public school.

Scott Fraser is with the region, and says there's been an average drop in speed of 9kms an hour, leading to fewer tickets.  "When we started in those locations, we were seeing, on average, or in total, 164 tickets being average... but that has come down month over month, to the point where now at the end of those second rotations, it's dropped down to 23 tickets."

Pelham recently voted to stay with police, speed humps, and other forms of enforcement, instead of partnering with the region.

However, Councillor Graham Speck voted against, concerned about being a km or two over the limit.  "I've had people complain about the rigidity, in other words, you are aware, you are slowing down, you busier looking at the speedometer, rather than looking at the road ahead, which seems rather counter intuitive to increasing safety."

Scott Fraser said there is a slight threshold above the limit, but wouldn't say what that is.

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