Metro Vancouver drivers travelling through Surrey today might want to be careful, thanks to some targeted enforcement.

As part of Project Swoop, a joint enforcement program with collaboration from ICBC, the Surrey Police Service, Delta Police Department, and Metro Vancouver Transit Police (MVTP) will conduct a one-day enforcement campaign in Surrey.

The enforcement campaign will occur near Panorama Village, at 15127 BC-10 in Surrey (northwest corner at Highway 10 and 152 ^nd Street).

The one-day campaign doesn’t occur during peak hours, which might have nabbed the participating agencies more traffic law violators, but instead, takes place between 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

Swoop focuses on dangerous driving behaviours like speeding and is part of the provincial speed campaign.

While the enforcement blitz might be localized to the Panorama Village area, Highway 10 connects several Metro Vancouver cities that commuters could travel through.

Over the past year, law enforcement agencies have conducted these types of single-day enforcement events, which have sometimes sparked outcry from the general public, who wonder why it doesn’t happen more frequently.

One such case was when Richmond RCMP did a one-day enforcement blitz targeting HOV lane violators.

The blitz was a resounding success, as Richmond RCMP said that 18 charges were laid during a two-hour operation near Russ Baker Way. The HOV lane in that area requires at least three people in a vehicle, with no exception for EV decals.

While this doesn’t apply to speeders, some argued that constant HOV enforcement would be unreasonable, but other options exist.

“It’s unreasonable to expect them to patrol every HOV lane, bus lane, and red light across the Lower Mainland. What we really need is automated enforcement for these things, like tons of other cities do,” one person responded on social media.

Is automated enforcement the answer to HOV lane violators?

We asked Criminal Lawyer Kyla Lee that question last year.

“It would be too hard to see whether there were other people in the vehicle, such as children or babies who may not be visible through windows. Additionally, some vehicles have tinted rear windows that again would make it hard for a camera to tell whether the vehicle has the required number of people or not.”

One suggestion Lee had for limiting speeding was for manufacturers to cap vehicle speeds at the factory level.

“There is no reason they need to go this fast,” Lee said in a post on X.

We also heard from someone earlier this year who thinks the province should end the default speed limit of 50 km/h.

In any case, drivers travelling around the Panorama Village area of Surrey today should be mindful of the enforcement campaign.