Photo speed enforcement returning to Saskatchewan in August

Photo speed enforcement will resume in Saskatchewan next month.

According to SGI, a new vendor has been found for the enforcement program after a competitive search, and Global Traffic Group Ltd. will begin operations in the province in August.

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The program was essentially paused at the end of May after the previous vendor, Redflex Traffic Systems, ended its contract with SGI early and took its equipment with it, leaving the 27 roadside camera boxes around the province sitting empty.

The Crown insurance company said photo speed enforcement will continue to work the same way under the new vendor, with no changes to locations or fine amounts, though drivers may notice a new setup for the cameras. While the cameras were previously mounted inside grey roadside boxes, SGI said the new vendor will mount its cameras on poles.

“There are no new locations as part of this transition,” SGI noted in a statement. “There may be a slight adjustment to where the poles are placed in each of the pre-approved zones.”

SGI said police will continue to enforce speed limits across the province while the cameras are being replaced.

“This transition does not affect photo speed enforcement in work zones, where cameras have continued operating without interruption,” SGI noted.

Updating camera locations

No new locations are being added with the new vendor and two locations have now been officially removed from the photo radar rotation.

The order in council amending some of the regulations to allow for this vendor change said two locations were being removed from the regulations. Both were removed from the photo radar program years ago.

The west-facing camera on 33rd Street in front of St. Michael’s School in Saskatoon was removed from the photo radar camera rotation in 2022. The photo radar camera in Moose Jaw on Grace Street, between Palliser Heights and Lindale Schools, was taken out of the rotation in 2024.

The Traffic Safety Regulations are only just being updated now to reflect the removal of those locations.

Editor’s note: This story has been changed to reflect updated details supplied by SGI about radar camera locations.