Here’s where the speed cameras are in Mississauga

Speeding continues to be a major problem on Mississauga roads, particularly in and around school zones, city officials say.

That’s why they’ve signed on to add dozens more speed cameras to their road safety arsenal in the fight against lead-footed drivers who regularly travel on neighbourhood streets at sometimes twice the posted speed limit.

The City of Mississauga recently decided to add 60 new speed cameras over the next five years to bolster its Automated Speed Enforcement camera initiative introduced in summer 2021. In June, city council agreed to renew the contract for 22 existing cameras and add five dozen more in annual installments through 2028.

Officials say the program has been successful to date in dramatically reducing fast and aggressive driving on city streets.

Still, they added, they must stay the course to keep the roads safe.

“Speeding is a serious problem on Mississauga roads. ASE helps make our streets safer for everyone by encouraging drivers to slow down and obey the speed limit,” city officials said in an online speed camera program update.

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The ASE program, through which speeding drivers receive tickets in the mail after having their licence plates photographed by the on-street cameras, has been successful in reducing speeds on Mississauga roads since its inception, officials have said.

Data collected from the ASE cameras has told city officials, for the most part, that “drivers are slowing down and following the speed limit.”

The current 22 cameras have rotated among 124 locations across the city, targeting school zones (community safety zones) where scores of children can be put at risk by speeding drivers. The speed limit is 30 km/h in those areas.

As they move the cameras from one location to the next, officials note new sites “will be marked with clear signs at least 90 days before the cameras are installed, and while they are in operation.”

Additionally, an online map of camera locations is posted on the city’s website.

In adhering to provincial regulations, the city said the cameras can only be installed in designated school zones or community safety zones where the speed limit is less than 80 km/h.

Officials say they use specific data in deciding where to set up the cameras, taking into account such factors as severity of speeding in the area, traffic volume, collision history and site suitability.

Here are the latest locations of speed cameras in Mississauga:

• Morning Star Drive (between Lancaster Avenue and Reindeer Drive)
• Historic Trail (between Pepperidge Crescent and Lamplight Way)
• Rosehurst Drive (Terragar Boulevard to Sandhurst Drive)
• Trelawny Circle (between Doug Leavens Boulevard and Osprey Boulevard)
• Edenwood Road (between Aquitaine Avenue and Runcorn Row)
• Heatherleigh Avenue (between Rogerson Road and Preston Manor Drive)
• Thorncrest Drive (between Colonial Drive and Loyalist Drive)
• Queenston Road (between Chalice Crescent and The Credit Woodlands)
• Mississauga Valley Boulevard (near Central Parkway East)
• Silver Creek Boulevard (between Mississauga Valley Boulevard and Gwendale Crescent)
• Tedwyn Drive (between Pear Tree Road and Chantenay Drive)
• Homelands Drive (between Barcella Crescent and Pyramid Crescent)
• Clarkson Road North (between Birchwood Drive and Balsam Avenue)
• Glenwood Drive (between Kenollie Avenue and Mineola Road West)

The city’s online map shows locations of current speed cameras (in green) and areas where cameras will be installed in the near future (in orange). The interactive map on the city’s website allows users to click on the location to get more specific details.

The new semi-fixed ASE cameras ordered by the city will be mounted on poles with permanent concrete bases. They’ll be placed in busy school zones and other major roadways where fatal collisions and crashes causing serious injuries occur, the city said.

Geoff Wright, Mississauga’s city manager and CAO, said earlier the cameras are about keeping people safe, especially children.

“Our speed cameras can detect speeding on a consistent basis, ensuring that schoolchildren and other road users always feel safe,” he added. “That’s why we are expanding our program. With an additional 60 speed cameras, our roads will continue to be safe for all road users, regardless of if you’re walking, cycling, using an e-scooter or e-bike, taking transit or driving.”

Since July 2021, about 82,000 tickets have been issued via the ASE cameras, according to the city.

The most tickets were issued on Truscott Drive, west of Lorne Park Road, in southwest Mississauga while the highest ticketed speed was 114 km/h on Mississauga Valley Boulevard, west of Central Parkway East.

In nine other cases, cars were ticketed for travelling at 78 km/h, almost 50 km/h over the posted speed limit.