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Council adopts automated traffic enforcement ordinance, adds council and CT DOT review of device locations
Summary
The Common Council voted to allow automated traffic enforcement devices in New Britain under an ordinance amended to require the council and Connecticut Department of Transportation to approve a location plan; the amendment passed on a voice vote.
The New Britain Common Council on June 11 adopted an ordinance amending Chapter 15 to permit the use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices under authority cited in state law.
Alderman McNamera introduced the ordinance as part of a broader safety action plan that the council is expected to finalize at month’s end. During discussion Alderwoman Sanchez proposed — and the council approved by voice vote — an amendment to section 15-150 requiring that locations for automated enforcement devices be identified in a plan submitted to and approved by the common council and the Connecticut Department of Transportation. Sanchez cited Connecticut statute CTS 14-307C when explaining the change.
The amendment narrows the implementation process by adding an explicit local review step: device locations must appear in a council-approved plan before deployment, and the plan must also be submitted to CT DOT. Council members said they had received a draft safety action plan and that city traffic staff had presented background information to the committee in advance of the vote.
Supporters said the measure will be an important element of the city’s effort to reduce crashes and improve pedestrian safety; opponents did not seek to block the ordinance during the meeting. The council adopted the ordinance as amended on a voice vote.
The ordinance will be implemented according to the approved plan and applicable state law; the council did not set deployment dates at the June 11 meeting.
