Six red-light cameras may come down

VICTORVILLE • City Council will vote Tuesday night on a proposal to pull six of its 16 red light cameras out after June 30. The switch will cost an estimated $173,287 — and it’ll mean the other 10 cameras will likely be around for at least three additional years.

Victorville signed a five-year contract with Arizona-based Redflex to install and operate the cameras in October 2007, after council approved the program on a 4-0 vote with former Councilman Bob Hunter absent. The cameras went active in spring 2008, adding a few at a time until 16 were up monitoring 10 different intersections across the city.

But with a public disgruntled over the $446 tickets, lagging revenue and data at several sites showing little impact on safety and traffic, Victorville has been trying since early December to find a way to turn some of its cameras off without violating its contract with Redflex.

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The proposal is up for a vote during the meeting starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall, at 14343 Civic Drive.

Brooke Edwards may be reached at (760) 955-5358 or at bed wards@VVDailyPress.com.