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The Province has mandated that a 90 day ‘advisory’ period be implemented by Municipalities, this includes posting of signage in the locations where ASE will be used identifying that it is ‘coming soon’. This must be placed at each location the unit is moved to, no tickets may be issued until this it met. The regulation does not specifically speak to whether this warning period must be repeated at each location prior to subsequent use.
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Drivers photographed going more than 50km/h over the legal speed limit shall not be charged through the ASE system with road racing, local police will be provided with data of these offenses however because this is a criminal charge to the driver and not the vehicle, offenses will not be ticketed. Fines can still be administered by the system.
In the spring of 2019, the City of Toronto issued the RFP for suppliers who were interested in supplying, installing, implementing and maintaining equipment for ASE installations for various Municipalities in Ontario. The RFP closed in June of 2019, Redflex Traffic Systems (Canada) Inc. was the successful proponent. Any Municipality wishing to make use of the City of Toronto’s Joint Processing Centre must use Redflex, even though the Regulation does not limit the equipment to a specific vendor.
Some Municipalities involved in the initial discussions have begun to enter into contracts with both the City of Toronto (Joint Processing Centre) and Redflex (ASE provider) to begin installations. It is expected that with the number of installations, some Municipalities may be required to wait over a year before their installations are able to be installed.
A number of Municipalities who were originally interested in the program have decided, after reading the wording of the new Regulation, to hold off installation until they have seen how the program operates in the larger areas. The City of Toronto has begun installations and based on the 90 day delay, are expecting to be able to start issuing tickets starting in April of 2020.
The Municipalities implementing ASE in 2020 are:
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City of Ottawa
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City of Toronto
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The Corporation of the City of Brampton
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The Region of Niagara
Twelve other Municipalities have expressed interest in the program but are currently waiting to implement until after the 180 review of the program. The Province has indicated that there is no intent to cancel the program, however there is uncertainty because the agreements with the City of Toronto and Redflex are 5 year terms. Therefore, there is a risk entering into those agreements not fully understanding what changes may occur in the Regulation.
Similar to the red light camera program, fines and processing of automated speed enforcement charges would be done at a processing centre in the City of Toronto. Fines will be processed through the Provincial Offence Act.