Red-light enforcement cameras to be up this month
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By Curtis Lum
Advertiser Staff Writer
The first two cameras set up to catch motorists who run red lights are expected to be operational by the end of the month.
The state Department of Transportation last week began using photo technology to catch speeding vehicles. Plans also call for cameras to be set up at 10 intersections on O'ahu to nab red-light runners.
But the red-light program has been delayed by engineering problems, said transportation spokeswoman Marilyn Kali. She said the state needed to develop technical plans to connect the cameras to traffic signals, which are operated by the city.
Work on the first two intersections — Vineyard Boulevard and Punchbowl Street, and Pali Highway and School Street — should be completed within three weeks, Kali said. By the end of February the cameras should be in place at the other eight intersections, she said.
The state has a three-year contract with Affiliated Computer Services to run the program. Violators who are caught by the camera will be sent citations and fined $77.
The eight other intersections are: Likelike and Kahekili highways; H-1 Freeway exit 18 and Middle Street; Nimitz Highway and Kalihi Street; Kunia Road and Kupuna Loop, Kalaniana'ole Highway and åinakoa Avenue/Waikui Street; Farrington Highway and N?n?kuli Avenue; Fort Weaver Road and A'awa Drive/Old Fort Weaver Road; and Kamehameha Highway and Pali Momi Street.
No new statistics were released yesterday, but the state said nearly 40,000 cars were checked during the first four days of the operation and 2,105 were determined to be speeding.
The total number of citations mailed out so far was not available yesterday.
