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BC's intersection safety cameras are being replaced with higher resolution versions. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
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Intersection safety cameras being upgraded, includes Nanaimo devices

Sep 14, 2026 | 5:30 AM

NANAIMO — Cameras detecting speeders and/or red-light runners are in for an overhaul.

The B.C. government recently announced all 140 intersection safety cameras operating at high-crash sites around the province are being replaced in phases until next spring.

All of the cameras detect motorists who ignore red lights, while 35 of the cameras also track speeders.

Nanaimo has two monitored intersections under the program: Island Hwy./Hammond Bay Rd./Aulds Rd. which tracks both types of violators, while the Island Hwy./Norwell Dr./Bowen Rd. intersection solely tracks red-light runners.

Crews were recently seen replacing the north Nanaimo intersection safety camera.
Crews were recently seen replacing the north Nanaimo intersection safety camera. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)

“The current cameras are at the end of their working life,” an Attorney General ministry statement read. “ICBC selected Jenoptik Canada through a competitive procurement to supply and install the new cameras and to maintain them for as long as 10 years. The new cameras will have higher resolution and similar enforcement and data capabilities as the previous cameras.”

License plate information is recorded by the cameras, leading to mailed fines to motorists.

Net ticket revenue is returned to B.C. municipalities to support policing and public-safety programs, the release stated.

Speed thresholds leading to fines aren’t revealed by the B.C. government.

Nanaimo’s two monitored safety cameras nabbed 974 motorists last year, with a record 314 speeding fines resulting from the north Nanaimo intersection last year.

A record 1,139 Nanaimo-based fines from the cameras were issued in 2023.

The cameras began populating high-crash intersections in the province starting in 2019.

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