Kent Police have delayed the start of red-light cameras catching drivers due to “technical challenges beyond our control.”<\/p>\n
Police had planned to start the program July 1 at three intersections with warning tickets issued for the first 30 days. But that plan has been delayed to a yet-to-be determined date.<\/p>\n
“Once active, there will be a 30-day warning period before ticketing begins,” according to Kent Police. “We will announce the 30-day warning period along with what intersections once they are up and running.<\/p>\n
“We anticipated the cameras would be already active…but due to technical challenges beyond our control, they are not.”<\/p>\n
Police officials didn’t explain the technical problems.<\/p>\n
Crews have installed signs at the intersections to alert drivers to the red-light cameras.<\/p>\n
The initial plan released in June included cameras July 1 at:<\/p>\n
• Central Avenue North and East Smith Street: northbound and southbound<\/p>\n
• Central Avenue North and East James Street: northbound and eastbound<\/p>\n
• Kent Des Moines Road and Pacific Highway South: eastbound<\/p>\n
After the 30-day warning period, police will start to issue $136 fines to drivers who run red lights.<\/p>\n
The second phase will include cameras at:<\/p>\n
• 104th Avenue SE and SE 240th Street: eastbound and westbound<\/p>\n
• 104th Avenue SE and SE 256th Street: northbound and eastbound<\/p>\n
• 84th Avenue South and S 212th Street: northbound and southbound<\/p>\n
The City Council in November approved a five-year contract with Arizona-based American Traffic Solutions (ATS) Inc., for as much as $651,000 per year for camera installation and maintenance along with the processing and mailing of infractions. ATS is the same company the city contracts with about $367,000 per year for school traffic zone cameras to catch speeding drivers.<\/p>\n
The city will use revenue from the red-light program – estimated at about $1 million to $2 million per year – to fund the purchase later this year of body-worn cameras for 105 officers, another new program in the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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