Dear Editor:
RE: County to spend $4M in speed camera revenue on road projects, Oct. 23.
So I read last week that the County of Wellington will put $4 million of the 2025 speed camera revenue toward paving, highway turning lanes, guardrails, rural lights and consultant fees, with the leftover going into the roads capital reserve. Wrong answer!
What happened to the safety improvements of school zones where most of this money has been collected? There was zero mention of the word “school” in the report. And yet county officials insist these cameras are about safety?
I believe the county should put a bit more thought into the permanent improvements of the areas which are generating this cash-grab revenue and use our enormous annual tax increases for the occasional OPP cruiser presence at some of the rural problem areas where speed is quite often the cause.
(I am not referring to the deadly Highway 6/Wellington Road 22 corner. That’s Dougie Ford’s jurisdiction and a whole other issue).
Carol Anne Pinkney,
Elora