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The city mailed a record number of red-light camera violations in 2015 but can’t take advantage of a new rule empowering municipalities to go after out-of-province offenders.

It’s a huge deal in Ottawa since the city’s roads are filled with Quebec-plated vehicles every day, but so far in 2016 city hall hasn’t been able to ring up guilty motorists from the other side of the river when cameras catch them burning red lights.

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“While the province has amended the legislation to permit issuing violation notices to out-of-province-plated vehicles, the city is still working on a process to access Quebec vehicle databases to be able to issue violations,” according to traffic services manager Phil Landry.

Landry said the city will be able to issue violations to Quebec-plated vehicles beginning sometime in the first three months of 2017.

Knoxdale-Merivale Coun. Keith Egli, chair of council’s transportation committee, said the province granted the city the power starting this year, but not the tools to go after Quebec drivers.