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Mississauga taps into provincial funding to expand investments into road safety measures

By Announcement, Issues

The City of Mississauga welcomes funding from the province to enhance road safety measures in school and community safety zones across the city.

City services | March 5, 2026

While the use of automated speed enforcement (ASE) cameras ended last November as a result of provincial legislation, Mississauga remains committed to road safety. Following the province’s decision to cancel the ASE program, the City has received interim provincial funding of $2,242,888 from the Road Safety Initiatives Fund (RSIF). Additional provincial funding of $8,934,513 will be provided to enhance road safety initiatives in school zones and community safety zones across Mississauga, reimbursed after costs are incurred by the City.

In November 2025, the Government of Ontario passed Bill 56, Building a More Competitive Economy Act, 2025, an omnibus bill that includes amendments to the Highway Traffic Act to ban the use of speed cameras throughout the province. The bill required all municipalities to discontinue the operation of its speed camera program. To comply with the new legislation, the City ended its ASE program on November 14, 2025. To offset the loss of the speed cameras, the Government of Ontario introduced the Road Safety Initiatives Fund to allow municipalities to invest more money into road safety measures in school zones and community safety zones.

How the funds will be spent

RSIF is only eligible to be used in school zones and community safety zones where ASE cameras were deployed or were intended to be deployed.

The City is planning to implement the immediate interim RSIF equally across all 11 wards, approximately $200,000 to be used in three to four school zones in each ward. The additional $8,934,513 will also be made available to the City but will only be reimbursed after costs are incurred.

City staff will review the data collected before and during the deployment of the ASE cameras to determine the impact this program has had on speeds at each location where they were installed to identify priority locations. Staff will also consult and work with each Ward Councillor in selecting the most appropriate school zones to receive safety improvements in their respective wards.

Other road safety investments

In addition to the new projects that will be implemented as a result of RSIF, the City’s existing road safety programs help reduce speeding and promote safety. They include:

  • Designating 31 school zones on major roadways as Community Safety Zones in 2025, bringing the total to more than 200 Community Safety Zones designated in Mississauga as of September 2025. These are designated sections of the roads where public safety is of special concern. Many set fines are doubled in these zones, such as speeding and traffic-signal related offences.
  • In 2025, new traffic calming projects were installed on 24 roads in residential neighbourhoods and near school zones to help reduce speeding and aggressive driving.
  • Installing more pedestrian crossovers to provide protected pedestrian crossings. In 2025, 13 new pedestrian crossovers were installed to help increase safety for pedestrians crossing the road.
  • Continuing the School Walking Routes program to guide the way to school and alert drivers to watch for children.
March 5, 2026
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City tees up new rules regarding local golf facilities

By Issues

The City is updating its Fence By-law and Property Standards By-law, to include rules for golf facilities to help protect residents and properties from stray golf balls, where safety measures are ineffective or do not exist.

February 12, 2026

At its meeting on February 11, 2026, City Council approved new measures outlined in a staff corporate report that aims to protect residents and property from errant golf balls from nearby golf courses and driving ranges. Errant golf balls are golf balls that stray off course, for various reasons, such as a bad golf swing, hitting a ball too hard, or because of windy conditions. These shots may end up outside golf-course properties and land in areas like nearby backyards, driveways, roadways, sidewalks, or bushes. They can also lead to damage to windows, doors, vehicles, and siding, as well as pose risks to people, pets and wildlife.

These new amendments to the Fence By-law and Property Standards By-law will be in effect immediately with administrative penalties for the Fence By-law coming in to effect on April 6, 2026.

These by-law changes aim to better protect residents and ensure golf facilities take or maintain measures to prevent golf balls from leaving their property. The City is committed to maintaining safe neighbourhoods while also promoting the enjoyment of golf in Mississauga.

Amendments to City by-laws

After receiving Council direction, staff proposed updates to the City’s Fence By-law and Property Standards By-law to require golf courses and driving ranges near residential areas to implement and maintain adequate safety measures. There are ten golf courses in Mississauga: four public courses, four private courses and two public driving ranges.

The updated by-laws will affect all golf courses in Mississauga, including the City’s three public golf courses: Lakeview Golf Course and Braeben Golf Course (9 and 18-hole). These changes help ensure golf facilities take the right steps to protect residents and nearby homes, parks, schools and roads from stray golf balls.

Rules to reduce safety hazards on local golf facilities

Through the corporate report, the City is making changes that would require golf facilities in Mississauga to:

  • Install safety netting when there is a known safety risk of golf balls leaving the property, and in which other safety measures are ineffective or non-existent.
  • Allow taller fencing at golf facilities, above the normal height limit, when needed to catch golf balls.
  • Include golf ball netting in the definition of a “fence,” so it must be properly built and well maintained.
  • Provide a professional golf ball trajectory study showing how far golf balls could travel, if asked by the City.

In the coming months, the City’s Enforcement team will engage in education and awareness activities to ensure industry and the public are informed of the changes. The City will also implement measures to better track and assess complaints related to errant golf balls. Municipal By-law Enforcement Officers will investigate all complaints received, as well as conduct site inspections to verify that safety measures used to mitigate hazards comply with City by-laws.

Fines

Beginning on April 6, 2026, if the City’s Fence By-law is not adhered to, and there are continued violations, City Municipal By-law Enforcement Officers can pursue charges for an APS fine of $305.

For more serious non-compliance, the City can pursue changes under Part III of the Provincial Offences Act which carries a minimum fine of $500 and a maximum of $100,000 upon conviction, as determined by the Court.

February 12, 2026
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Peel’s proposed 2026 Budget now available

By Issues, Resources

BRAMPTON, ON (November 13, 2025) – Peel’s proposed 2026 Budget is now available at peelregion.ca/budget. Regional Council discussions of the Operating and Capital Budgets begin on Thurs., Nov. 20 at 9:30 am with a presentation by Peel Regional Police.

The development of Peel’s 2026 proposed Budget was anchored to our Strategic Plan and the community priorities recommended for consideration prior to the budget.

The proposed 2026 Budget includes investments of $7.4 billion, making critical investments for our growing community to support population-driven service demand, build homes faster, develop deeply affordable housing, enhance community safety and well-being, keep Peel Region’s infrastructure assets in good repair, and manage the impacts of funding shortfalls. Additionally, there are enhanced investments in paramedic services, seniors services, and public health, and many other necessary programs with a high social impact that Peel supports and delivers.

Additional Resources

  • The Regional Council Budget meetings are open to the public and residents may attend. The meetings will also be live streamed at peelregion.ca/council/video
  • Anyone wishing to make representation to Regional Council should email their submission or request to delegate to the Office of the Regional Clerk at regional.clerk@peelregion.ca or call 905–791–7800, ext. 4545, at least 72 hours prior to the budget meeting (i.e. by 9:30 a.m. on the Monday prior to the meeting), please visit the delegation guide at peelregion.ca/council/guide-for-delegations.asp
  • More information can be found at peelregion.ca/budget
November 13, 2025
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