The city of West Kelowna is appealing to the provincial government to allow for the use of photo radar.
Mayor Doug Findlater says measures like speed bumps and traffic circles have only had limited success in deterring drivers from speeding.
He says it's not fair to put all the enforcement responsibility on the RCMP.
"You'd have to hire a police force of 300 people if you wanted to have that presence, and no municipality has that kind of resources, to have police everywhere like that - nobody does," he said.
Findlater says the city is proposing to set up the cameras, but wouldn't keep the revenue from them.
"It would go to the province, not the municipality - it's not a cash grab for municipalities. And then there is a portion of traffic fine revenue rebated to municipalities on a population basis," he said.
"It's not for cash. We are struggling to find a way to slow people down, and it seems to be getting worse, not better."
Findlater says earlier this year, the city wrote to the Liberal government on the idea, before it was defeated in the election.
But this week at the Union of BC Municipalities convention, he was able to hand off the idea to Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth.
Findlater says the province is getting more proactive with enforcement.
"What the province has announced - they have not taken the step of photo radar - but they're going to enhance the red light camera situation, which the minister actually mentioned," he said.
"Most of these red light cameras around the province are only on for six hours a day - the province wants to put them on 24 hours a day."
Exact locations of potential cameras aren't yet finalized.