ABERFOYLE – Puslinch councillors hope Premier Doug Ford will reconsider his stated intention to scrap automated speed enforcement cameras in the province because the program is working here, they say.
Councillor John Sepulis asked council on Oct. 8 to support a motion from the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) defending speed cameras and to write its own letter to Ford outlining the success of the program in Aberfoyle, which sees 25,000 vehicles travel through the hamlet and down Brock Road to Highway 401.
Parents and children cross the busy intersection on their way to school twice per day, Sepulis said, and the speed reduction by motorists is noticeable.
Mayor James Seeley referenced a letter to Ford signed by some 20 mayors in the province.
“The premier … stood fast on his position, which is unfortunate,” Seeley said. “It is working in Aberfoyle.”
Seeley said he has met with Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Joseph Racinsky and reiterated the township’s support for the program.
“I hope they will reconsider their position,” he said.
Council unanimously voted in favour of supporting the AMO directive.
