{"id":92047,"date":"2017-03-02T00:42:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T05:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=92047"},"modified":"2017-03-02T00:42:14","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T05:42:14","slug":"saskatchewan-to-continue-photo-radar-project-in-province-for-time-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/02\/saskatchewan-to-continue-photo-radar-project-in-province-for-time-being\/","title":{"rendered":"Saskatchewan to continue photo radar project in province for time being"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_92056\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92056\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/10428700_960741040610964_7861226877662998599_n.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92056\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/10428700_960741040610964_7861226877662998599_n.png\" alt=\"The government has said previously the intent of the program is to calm traffic and make roads safer, as the province looks for a trend downward in speed and crashes. (Photo: Government of Saskatchewan\/ Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/10428700_960741040610964_7861226877662998599_n.png 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/10428700_960741040610964_7861226877662998599_n-300x256.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/10428700_960741040610964_7861226877662998599_n-768x655.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The government has said previously the intent of the program is to calm traffic and make roads safer, as the province looks for a trend downward in speed and crashes. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SKGov\">Government of Saskatchewan\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>REGINA \u2013The two-year pilot project for photo radar in Saskatchewan is nearly finished, but it&#8217;ll be sticking around for a little while longer while the provincial government decides whether the program will become permanent.<\/p>\n<p>The program first launched in mid-November 2014 in Moose Jaw at Highway 1 and 9th Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>In December that year, cameras came online in Regina, Saskatoon, Martensville and near White City on the Trans-Canada Highway.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after, cameras went up in select school zones in Regina, Saskatoon and Moose Jaw.<\/p>\n<p>A warning period followed for drivers and by March 2015 the grace period was over and tickets began being issued.<\/p>\n<p>A total of $8.4 million was raised after about the first full year of the pilot, with $2 million of that going to municipalities.<\/p>\n<p>The government has said previously the intent of the program is to calm traffic and make roads safer, as the province looks for a trend downward in speed and crashes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>REGINA \u2013The two-year pilot project for photo radar in Saskatchewan is nearly finished, but it&#8217;ll be sticking around for a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":92056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16],"tags":[16034,1139],"class_list":["post-92047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-news","tag-photo-radar","tag-saskatchewan","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}