In case you’re keeping track, here’s an update on the money angle of Albany’s expanded use of traffic cameras that watch for speed violations and drivers running red lights.
No one knows how much time it will take to carry out the Albany City Council’s direction to install flashing lights in the school zone on North Albany Road. The lights are to tell drivers that the speed limit is 20 mph, not 40 as at other times.
The city of Albany’s new speed cameras on North Albany Road will come with warnings that indicate when the school zone speed limit of 20 mph is in effect.
The Albany City Council came close this week to approving flashing lights to warn drivers on North Albany Road of the school zone speed limit when school is in session.
Albany city officials are scrambling to clear up questions about the school zone speed cameras on North Albany Road. But they say signs warning drivers of photo enforcement there were placed in compliance with state law.
Complaints about the speed camera on North Albany Road keep coming up at Albany City Council meetings, and city officials should do something in response before school resumes in the fall.
Traffic ticket derby: Keeping track of cameras
If there was a monthly contest among Albany traffic cameras for the most citations issued, it would be a close race. But North Albany Road would have won last month.
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