BEAVERTON, Ore. — Officers are issuing warning citations and tickets to drivers caught speeding by red light cameras already installed at certain Beaverton intersections.
The cameras have been installed at four intersections for a few years to catch drivers who run red lights. But now, they’ll also be used to detect drivers who are speeding, according to Beaverton police.
The cameras are installed at the following intersections:
- Southwest Walker Road and Cedar Hills Boulevard
- Southwest Beaverton Hillsdale Highway and Griffith Drive
- Southwest Allen Boulevard and Lombard Avenue
- Southwest Scholls Ferry Road and Hall Boulevard
Beginning in September, police started issuing warning citations for drivers caught at the four intersections.
But on Tuesday, police began issuing tickets to drivers caught speeding through the intersection of Southwest Walker Road and Cedar Hills Boulevard.
The three remaining intersections will be phased into the program at the end of the year or in 2019, according to Beaverton police spokesman Jeremy Shaw.
According to state law, drivers can be ticketed if caught traveling 11 miles per hour or more over the speed limit during green or yellow light phases, or 21 mph over the speed limit during red light phases. The citations will be reviewed by Beaverton police to verify the camera’s accuracy, Shaw said. Tickets will be mailed to the driver.
Between July 1, 2015 and July 1, 2016, more than 94,000 drivers were traveling 11 mph or more above the speed limit through the four monitored intersections, police said.