Albany’s photo radar program in the school zone on North Albany Road hit a bump Wednesday when two speeding tickets were dismissed because the city could not prove that the cameras were working properly.
Albany’s new traffic cameras on Santiam Road at Geary Street seem to be catching even more speed violations than the cameras in the school zone on North Albany Road.
A new question has come up about the traffic cameras in the school zone on North Albany Road, which generated hundreds of speeding tickets in the last few weeks of the school year that ended on June 13.
Heads up, Albany drivers: The third and fourth sets of automated traffic cameras now are active and ready to record anyone running a red light or driving too fast.
A Facebook post drew my attention Tuesday to the installation of Albany’s third set of traffic cameras, on Santiam Road at Geary Street. The bike took me there on Tuesday night.
Drivers on North Albany Road paid more than $49,000 for speeding tickets they got during May, the last full month of school days since traffic cameras at Thornton Lake Drive went live.
Where speeding pays, but not for drivers
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.
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