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Woonsocket officials discuss possible red-light and speed cameras under RFP 6309
Summary
City officials, including the police chief and Mayor Christopher Beauchamp (via a written statement), described safety goals for automated traffic enforcement, reviewed state rules for cameras and cited vendor bids for RFP 6309; no ordinance or contract was adopted at the Sept. 8 council meeting.
Woonsocket City Council members on Monday discussed a proposal to deploy red-light and speed cameras across the city under prior RFP number 6309, with police leaders and the mayor saying the system aims to change driving behavior and reduce crashes.
Police Chief said the objective of automated traffic enforcement is “to generally enhance the safety of the motoring public and pedestrians as well as ped as pedacyclists here in the city of Woonsocket.” He told the council the cameras are intended to change the habits of drivers who routinely speed or fail to obey traffic signals and that traffic complaints are among the department’s most frequent calls.
Mayor Christopher Beauchamp, in a written statement read to the council by the city solicitor, said, “I am supportive of this initiative going forward.” Beauchamp wrote that authorizing speed and red-light cameras as allowed by state law would “assist our police department [to] enforce…
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