The Parkside Drive speed camera is up and running again after it was sawed off at its base for a second time late last month.
The camera was put out of commission for the second time on Nov. 29, following an identical act of vandalism two weeks earlier.
But the camera could be seen back in its upright position Thursday as vehicles streamed along the north-south route that connects Bloor Street to Lake Shore Drive and the Gardiner Expressway, just east of High Park.
The speed camera has issued over 61,000 tickets since its installation in April 2022.
In the nearly 1,500 collisions on Parkside Drive over the last decade, three people have been killed and five seriously injured.
Earlier this month, city council voted to move ahead with a $7.5-million bike lane project, in hopes of making the Drive safer.
Recently, speed cameras have been the target of vandalism in several Ontario cities, including Guelph and Barrie, where vandals appeared to use a chainsaw to cut down cameras.
In London, England, vandals have been chopping down ULEZ cameras that record licence plates to ensure vehicles are compliant with an ultra-low carbon emissions zone in the city.
