Speed Cameras Coming to Another Rhode Island City
Friday, October 22, 2021
Speed cameras are coming to another Rhode Island city.
GoLocal has learned that Central Falls is slated to be the next municipality in the state to use the traffic monitoring devices, which have notably been used extensively — and controversially — in Providence; neighboring Pawtucket also utilizes speed cameras.
Locations where speed cameras have been installed so far in Central Falls include West Hunt Street, Pine Street, and Lonsdale Avenue.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTLatest RI Location
"The number one complaint the city receives is around dangerous speeding throughout Central Falls. Ten speed cameras are going to be installed around the areas of the city's schools, where speeding has been extremely problematic and puts pedestrians at risk daily," Central Falls spokesperson Sarah Dell told GoLocal.
"The Central Falls Police Department, alongside Mayor Rivera, have been hosting ongoing community meetings to discuss dangerous speeding and introduce this new traffic safety solution to the city," Dell continued. "Cameras and signage in both English and Spanish are anticipated to be installed within the next few weeks, and a 30-day warning period will begin once the cameras are installed. The program is no cost to city taxpayers – citation fees will fund the program, with any additional revenue entering the general fund, just like all other traffic violation fees."
Statewide Expansion Eyed
The past spring, a group of Rhode Island lawmakers proposed allowing the expanded use of speed cameras statewide.
Senators James Seveney, Susan Sosnowski, Cynthia Coyne, Lou DiPalma, and Dawn Euer introduced legislation to authorize the use of automated traffic-speed camera-enforcement systems on all state and local roads within the state, not just in school zones.
The Senate bill as proposed amended the “Rhode Island Automated School Zone Speed-Enforcement System Act of 2016,” striking language stipulating the cameras are authorized in school zones only — and expanding their use “on state and local roads.”
Related Articles
- Providence Abuse of Speed Cameras Has State Legislators Pushing for Repeal
- Whitcomb: More Speed Cameras Please; Trading Away Allies; Memories of the New Haven
- Whitcomb on Matt Brown’s Return to RI Politics, Providence Speed Cameras, & Trump Tariffs
- 6 Additional Portable Speed Cameras to be Placed Throughout School Zones in Prov
- Providence Speed Cameras Defaced with Graffiti
- McKee Criticizes Elorza on Speed Cameras Following Regunberg Endorsement
- “Speed Cameras” Are Top Issue for Voters in Providence, Says Vargas on LIVE
- New Locations for Providence Speed Cameras—See Where
- NEW: Providence Unveils New Locations of 4 Speed Cameras, Fines Start February 4
- NEW: City of Providence Unveils Locations of 15 Speed Cameras to be Activated Sept. 4
- Mayoral Candidate DeRobbio Applauds Rollback on Speed Cameras
- Rhode Island Senate Bill Would Allow Speed Cameras Statewide
