Saanich Coun. Colin Plant, who also chairs the Capital Regional DistrictB次元官网网址檚 transportation safety committee, says that law enforcement simply canB次元官网网址檛 keep up with the amount of speeders on the Malahat.

B次元官网网址淥fficers on the [committee] have indicated that they could have speed enforcement up there 24 hours a day and they would still probably not be able to capture everybody who is doing the speeding on that highway, so there is a need for enforcement of limits on there,B次元官网网址� he said.

In response to this ongoing issue, Plant and the committee are asking the CRD to look into a proposal that would see cameras record license plates at various intervals along the stretch. If a driver undercuts the allotted time that it should take them to get from point A to point B, theyB次元官网网址檒l get a fine.

B次元官网网址淭he idea with [this enforcement] is that you tell people that this is an interval-based highway. DonB次元官网网址檛 speed and you wonB次元官网网址檛 get a ticket,B次元官网网址� he said.

That black and white style of enforcement is of the main differences between this idea and the provinceB次元官网网址檚 controversial photo radar program that ended in 2001, Plant explains, and similar programs have been implemented successfully in other jurisdictions, both in Canada and abroad.

B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 not new. ItB次元官网网址檚 new for us,B次元官网网址� he noted.

The committee will present at a CRD board meeting in the coming weeks.

Ultimately the proposal, which Plant says is in its infancy, will have to be forwarded to the province for approval before any decisions can be made.

Plant sees this as a first step, citing the possibility to have the technology put in place elsewhere in the province as well.

joel.tansey@goldstreamgazette.com