New Orleans starts new year by deactivating 20 red light cameras
7th January 2019 · 0 Comments
New Orleans, LA — Mayor LaToya Cantrell on Jan. 4 announced the deactivation of 20 out of 31 red-light traffic cameras located outside of school zones.
As of Jan. 1, 2019, these cameras have been turned off and will no longer ticket motorists. Additionally, all cameras located in school zones have been adjusted to only issue tickets during the hours of 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. on days when school is in session.
Cantrell’s 2019 budget began the process of restructuring the City’s traffic camera safety program to focus on enhancing public safety. Specifically, the budget called for the elimination of the majority of non-school zone cameras and the limiting of school zone cameras to operate only during school zone hours.
The deactivated cameras are, in some instances, located at intersections where other cameras may remain operational. In these locations, only motorists traveling in the direction of the operational camera will be ticketed but signage will remain posted around the intersection.
The City is continuing to evaluate school zone locations to relocate deactivated cameras and anticipates converting some of these cameras to active school zone cameras in the future. Mobile cameras will continue to operate as normal.
Lists of cameras that have been turned off, and of non-school zone camera locations that will continue to function, are included below:
Traffic cameras that were turned of as of Jan. 1, 2019:
St. Charles Avenue at Louisiana Avenue (Eastbound)
North Rampart Street at Esplanade Avenue (Southbound)
Annunciation Street at Second Street (Westbound)
St. Charles Avenue at Louisiana Avenue (Westbound)
Florida Boulevard at Rosemary Place (Eastbound)
Toledano Street at Galvez Street (Northbound)
City Park Avenue at Canal Street Westbound)
St. Charles Ave. at Melpomene Street (Northbound)
Wisner Boulevard at Harrison Avenue (Southbound)
Poydras Street at Magazine Street (Westbound)
Toledano Street at Galvez Street (Southbound)
South Carrollton Avenue at Palmetto Street (Southbound)
St. Charles Avenue at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (Eastbound)
Chartres Street at Gallier Street (Westbound)
Wisner Boulevard at Harrison Avenue (Northbound)
Chartres Street at Gallier Street (Eastbound)
Traffic cameras that will continue to operate:
Poydras Street at St. Charles Avenue (Eastbound)
Poydras Street at Carondelet Street (Westbound)
Earhart Boulevard at South Carrollton Avenue (Westbound)
South Carrollton Avenue at Banks Street (Northbound)
South Carrollton Avenue at Earhart Boulevard (Southbound)
Poydras Street at Loyola Avenue (Eastbound)
Henry Clay Avenue at Coliseum Street (Northbound)
Earhart Boulevard at South Carrollton Avenue (Eastbound)
Canal Street at South Carrollton Avenue (Eastbound)
North Carrollton Avenue at Canal Street (Southbound)
South Carrollton Avenue at Palmetto Street (Northbound).
This article originally published in the January 7, 2019 print edition of The Louisiana Weekly newspaper.
