It may be a few years until they hit Guelph’s streets, but city staff will soon start looking for the best place to install red light cameras.

According to a report sent to council Friday, city staff will be identifying six locations next year for the new cameras, which are expected to be up and running in 2022.

Along with figuring out where to put the new cameras, the city must also undertake a number of steps over the next three years, such as setting up a website to keep the public up to date on the program’s progress and creating a fine revenue model.

This past January, city council voted in favour of seeing Guelph apply to get into the next contract for red light cameras.

The eight Ontario municipalities that currently have red light camera programs have a contract with Traffipax for the installation, operation and maintenance of the program.

The current deal expires at the end of 2021, so Guelph would look to join the program under a new contract with other municipalities, as opposed to entering a sole-source agreement.

As well, Queen’s Park must designate the city under provincial regulations around which municipalities use red light cameras.

According to an August letter from the province’s licensing services branch attached to the city staff report, the Ministry of Transportation was working on putting that regulatory approval package together, with plans to have it before a provincial committee this fall.

If approved, Guelph “will be included in the regulation which will provide legal authority to operate red light cameras within your jurisdiction,” according to the letter signed by Paul Brown, the branch’s director.