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Watch your speed: New playground zones coming to Lethbridge next month

New playground zones are being added to Lethbridge in the new year. 

Starting in mid-January 2025, 42 of these zones will be added for Lethbridge Police Service monitoring by photo radar to help reduce speeding and prevent crashes. 

In December 2019, the provincial government barred municipalities from adding any new photo radar sites. That ban was lifted earlier this month when the province announced changes to the current automated traffic enforcement program. 

READ MORE: New photo radar rules take effect Apr. 1: LPS police chief says local impact will be felt 

Under the announced guidelines, automated traffic enforcement is restricted to playground zones, school zones and construction zones. Monitoring has been banned on provincial highways, and the government is restricting the use of intersection safety device cameras to only enforce red light violations.  

Right after this was announced, the LPS took away 27 sites that were no longer compliant under the new guidelines. 

Monitoring in the new locations, all harmonized playground zones in Lethbridge, will start on January 13. Playground zones are in place daily from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. 

The new locations (playground zones) for monitoring are listed below. 

(List supplied by the Lethbridge Police Service)
(List supplied by the Lethbridge Police Service)

Motorists can check out a list of all locations monitored by photo radar at the LPS website

All school zones in Lethbridge were changed to playground zones in September 2023.

READ MORE: All school zones to become playground zones in Lethbridge

Justin Goulet
Justin Goulet
Justin Goulet brings over a decade of experience to the Lethbridge newsroom. He started his career in Ontario before moving to Vancouver Island in 2014 to work with Vista Radio. He moved to Alberta in February 2019 and joined the Lethbridge team in June 2024. Justin is excited to share the stories of southern Alberta.
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