{"id":756421,"date":"2026-06-23T19:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T19:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/756421\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T19:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T19:05:10","slug":"speed-cameras-coming-to-foxtrap-construction-zone-amid-ongoing-tch-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/756421\/","title":{"rendered":"Speed Cameras Coming to Foxtrap Construction Zone Amid Ongoing TCH Delays"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(VOCM News)<\/p>\n

The minister of Transportation says speeding in construction zones has gone unchecked for too long and now plans to erect a speed camera at the Foxtrap Access Road overpass.<\/p>\n

Drivers have been venting their frustration over construction delays on the TCH in the area, which resulted in substantial delays over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Government addressed the situation on social media yesterday, saying cuts in the pavement had been made to slow traffic through the construction zone.<\/p>\n

Those have since been filled in, and the contractor is working on ways to continue the work in a safe manner.<\/p>\n

Transportation Minister Barry Petten says workers felt unsafe in the area and did \u201cthe right thing in their heart\u201d by making the cuts, but says it was \u201cnot the option\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Minister Barry Petten (VOCM News)<\/p>\n

\u201cI asked to get the cuts filled in. We are working on getting a speed camera so people (should) be aware that we\u2019re going to try to catch those speeders. I\u2019m very concerned about that so that\u2019s something that we\u2019re going to look at,\u201d he told VOCM News.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of arm-chair critics out there that criticize us for poor planning but I don\u2019t know if you can plan for people that are not playing by the rules and I\u2019m disappointed to see that people cannot respect these work sites on the highway.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile government is advising of a number of lane closures continuing today near the Foxtrap Access Road overpass.<\/p>\n

There will be periodic westbound and eastbound lane closures in the area to install jersey barriers.<\/p>\n

Officials say the work should be finished tomorrow afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (VOCM News) The minister of Transportation says speeding in construction zones has gone unchecked for too long…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":756422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48,269876,185074,269873,269875,269877,269874,269870,269871,269872],"class_list":["post-756421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-listen-to-vocm","tag-news-radio","tag-news-radio-st-johns","tag-st-johns-fm-radio","tag-st-johns-local-radio","tag-st-johns-radio-station","tag-vocm","tag-vocm-590","tag-vocm-radio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=756421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/756422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}