Physical traffic calming measures include features such as speed bumps, speed humps, raised crosswalks, raised medians, roundabouts and enhanced high-visibility signage all geared toward slowing down fast drivers \u2014 particularly in school zones populated by large numbers of children.<\/p>\n
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The additional $8.93 million from the Ontario government \u201cwill be available to Mississauga for road safety improvements\u201d moving forward and will be reimbursed to the city after the costs are incurred, Sam Rogers, the city\u2019s transportation and works commissioner, said in his report.<\/p>\n
Rogers added staff will report back to general committee in April or May with details on road\/traffic safety projects to be funded by the $8.93 million.<\/p>\n
Municipalities must also report to the province how funds are spent or planned to be spent and all initiatives paid for by the RSIF must be completed by March 31, 2028.<\/p>\n
\u201cStaff will develop plans and arrange to construct physical traffic calming and other safety enhancements within school zones and Community Safety Zones where ASE (cameras were) deployed in accordance with the province\u2019s guidelines and stated deadline,\u201d Rogers offered in the report\u2019s conclusion.<\/p>\n
Last November\u2019s province-wide ban immediately removed more than 700 speed cameras that had been set up since 2019 in 40 municipalities.<\/p>\n
Of those ASE cameras, 22 were in Mississauga. The devices had been rotated between numerous Mississauga school zone locations between 2021 and November 2025 in attempts to slow down speedy drivers.<\/p>\n
All of Mississauga\u2019s speed cameras stopped operating end of the day on Nov. 13 and they were all physically removed from Mississauga roads by Nov. 17.<\/p>\n
The province\u2019s RSIF is intended to battle speeding \u2014 particularly in school and other community safety zones \u2014 by having towns and cities implement various traffic calming measures in place of now-banned automated speed enforcement cameras<\/a>, which were viewed by Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his government as a \u201ccash grab.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Prior to the ban, Mississauga\u2019s mayor and city officials repeatedly pointed out to the provincial government that speed cameras saved lives in Mississauga<\/a> since the city launched its program in 2021 (the strategy reduced school zone speeds an average of 9 km\/h, according to the city).<\/p>\n Mississauga officials noted earlier that\u00a0169,109 fines were dished out in the city under the speed camera initiative<\/a> between its launch in June 2021 and August 2025.<\/p>\n