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Bellevue council directs staff to prepare code change and pick seven sites for speed cameras in 2026
Summary
After hearing data showing a rise in serious injury crashes, council directed staff to finalize a code amendment and a resolution deeming seven high-crash locations suitable for speed safety cameras, with staff promising a 30-day warning period before tickets are issued and an equity and privacy analysis consistent with state law.
Bellevue transportation and police staff presented a data-driven case for expanding the city’s speed-safety camera program and asked the council to direct staff to prepare an ordinance and a resolution identifying initial camera locations.
Assistant Chief Papachuk told council that city data show 232 people seriously injured and 22 fatalities between 2015 and 2024; he said 2024 included "2 fatalities and 34 serious injury crashes." Staff described a three-step…
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