coronavirus pandemic could dilute or halt Waterloo Region’s plan to install automated speed enforcement (ASE) cameras in front of a few dozen area schools.A report prepared by staff on the issue will go before regional council on July 15 and recommends that the council either postpone the launch of the ASE camera program or cut the number of cameras it had intended to initially launch from 32 to eight.
Speed cameras could be in front of Waterloo schools by year’s end The staff report says the decision to drastically cut the program was made in response to the region’s budget struggles with regards to the COVID-19 pandemic.Initial capital costs for the 32 cameras would set the region back $1.27 million but that number falls to $360,000 if.