Committee discusses automated traffic enforcement vendors, data needs and due-process questions
Jul 15, 2026
Columbia's Transportation Committee reviewed vendor-selection plans for automated traffic enforcement, discussed how camera sites will be chosen and appeals handled, and urged a legal opinion on civil-citation due process before implementation.
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The Columbia Transportation Committee spent substantial time reviewing plans for automated traffic enforcement (ATD) after the Board of Selectmen authorized drafting an ordinance and urged staff to prepare an RFP for potential vendors. Committee members emphasized using crash and fatality data to identify camera locations and discussed whether the town should prefer vendors on the regional CROG prequalified list or accept other bidders.
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