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Montreal deploys new mobile photo radar

Montreal is adding three new mobile photo radars to its existing network. Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016. Kelly Greig/Global News

As part of an ongoing effort to reduce the number of traffic-related  injuries and deaths, the city of Montreal is adding three new photo radars to its territory.

The new radars, operated by Montreal police, are mobile, which means they can be moved up and down anywhere on the street, or moved to a new sector altogether.
The radar is the latest development in a plan unveiled by the Quebec government in 2009.

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The new additions will target 11 new zones on the island of Montreal.

The targeted roadways include:

  • Sherbrooke Street East, between Pie-IX Boulevard and du Trianon Street;
  • Pie-IX Boulevard, from Henri-Bourassa Boulevard East to Notre-Dame Street East;
  • St-Michel Boulevard, from Henri-Bourassa Boulevard East to St-Joseph Boulevard East;
  • Christophe-Colomb Avenue, from Crémazie Boulevard East to Rosemont Boulevard;
  • Rene-Levesque Boulevard, from Hope Avenue to Papineau Avenue
  • Henri-Bourassa Boulevard East, from Lajeunesse Street to the on-ramp of Louis-H.-La Fontaine Boulevard in the south-east direction;
  • Notre-Dame Street,  between De Lorimier and Gonthier avenues.

Police will also have their eyes on motorists in four different boroughs, where they will be zeroing in on school zones.

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Traffic signs will alert drivers to the presence of the radars.

The different schools include:

  • École secondaire Saint-Laurent
    (2395 Blvd. Thimens, Saint-Laurent borough)
  • École Marc-Laflamme
    (555, 19th avenue, Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles borough)
  • École secondaire Lucien-Pagé
    (8200 St-Laurent Blvd., Villeray-Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension borough)
  • École primaire Christ-Roi
    (525, de Louvain Street, Ahuntsic–Cartierville borough)

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