Traffic camera money used for sidewalk work
Money from Oak Ridge’s four traffic camera systems is being used to build five new sections of sidewalk along South Illinois and Jefferson avenues. The city is using roughly $217,000 from a special...
View ArticleOak Ridge Council asked to extend, or terminate, red-light camera contract
Note: This story was last updated at 3:25 p.m. For some people, traffic cameras in Oak Ridge have been an irritant since they were installed, a detriment to visitors and businesses, an undesirable...
View ArticleCouncil considers traffic cameras, high school debt
The Oak Ridge City Council will meet at 7 p.m. in the Municipal Building Courtroom. Agenda items include the possible extension or termination of a contract for traffic cameras in Oak Ridge, and the...
View ArticleCouncil postpones traffic camera vote
Note: This story was last updated at 11:40 a.m. March 4. The Oak Ridge City Council postponed a vote on traffic cameras on Monday. Council had been expected to either extend the five-year contract with...
View ArticleCouncil considers ending, extending traffic cameras on Monday
The Oak Ridge City Council on Monday will consider extending a controversial traffic camera contract for two years, or ending it. The Council postponed a vote earlier this month. It will now be...
View ArticleCouncil does not extend traffic camera contract
Note: This story was last updated at 8:30 a.m. March 25. After five years, some vigorous opposition, and a few contentious meetings, the traffic cameras in Oak Ridge will be removed. The Oak Ridge City...
View ArticleLetter: Chamber task force did not choose to ‘weigh in’ on traffic cameras
Note: The following letter was written in response to an earlier letter on traffic cameras by Oak Ridge resident T.J. Garland. The Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce “weighs in” on issues of importance...
View ArticleCouncil member asks for removal of city board member over e-mail ‘contempt’
Note: This story was last updated at 2:30 p.m. An Oak Ridge official wants the City Council to consider removing Joseph Lee from a city housing board because of his criticism—she called it contempt—for...
View ArticleCity to use traffic camera money for parking lot work at Blankenship Field
The Oak Ridge City Council agreed last week in a 5-2 vote to use $180,000 in traffic camera money for improvements to the lower parking lot at Blankenship Field, which is used for football games and...
View ArticleMore red-light, speeding violations since cameras disabled, Redflex says
The Arizona company that operated traffic cameras in Oak Ridge for five years said reckless driving has increased significantly, average speeds have risen, and there has been an increase in red-light...
View ArticleTSAB to discuss traffic camera report
The Oak Ridge Traffic Safety Advisory Board will discuss a report on the changes in speeding and red-light violations after the traffic cameras were disabled April 21. The report was prepared by camera...
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