FWE Sticker...Red light camera

[FishNette]

I got caught by one of those red light cameras in League City...$77.95

Pic of my FWE sticker...$ priceless!

[Xpress89]

FWE Sticker...Red light camera

I hate those dam things.

[coachlaw]

You mean they still have those? I thought they were ruled Unconstitutional.

[FishNette]

We voted them out, yet they are still there...

[03Marine]

They are waiting for the contract to run out. I think this is the last year. I could be wrong though.

[FishNette]

They are waiting for the contract to run out. I think this is the last year. I could be wrong though.

03Marine, could you please inform your contacts that I am exempt from future violations during the remainder of the contract. Thanks in advance. lol

[Torque]

I think there are 3 of them in League City. The one at 518 and feedroader (heading south) is a killer. It's set-up like a yield intersection, but it's not. I found out the hard way. Heard that the company was going to sue L.C. if they took them down.

[Flatline]

Red-light cameras coming down in League City

By Christopher Smith Gonzalez | Posted: Friday, January 25, 2013 12:45 am
LEAGUE CITY — The first of League City’s red-light cameras is coming down this week.
City Manager Mike Loftin said the city was able to work with the camera company, Redflex Traffic Systems, to turn off the camera facing the right turn lane on the southbound Interstate 45 frontage road at FM 518.
The camera was turned off at midnight Jan. 18 and was removed Thursday evening.

League City voters overwhelmingly voted to remove the red-light cameras last year; 77 percent of the voters decided to ban them.

But to avoid breaching the contract with Redflex, the city council asked voters if they would like to “prohibit further renewal or deployment of photographic traffic enforcement systems” when the contract expires in October 2014.

The cameras are at three intersections along FM 518 — at Marina Bay Drive, Interstate 45 and state Highway 3.

City officials said previously they were interested in bringing the cameras down sooner if possible.

“It’s a good first step,” Loftin said in discussing the decision to remove the camera at I-45 and FM 518.

That one camera was responsible for 60 percent of the citations issued, he said. Turning off that camera means the revenue will be just enough to cover the contract with Redflex, Loftin said.

Those ticketed face a $75 civil fine.

Half the money goes to help fund uncompensated care at designated trauma facilities for county and regional emergency medical services.

The city pays Redflex Traffic Systems a monthly maintenance fee of $38,960 to operate the cameras.


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