Ready or not, here they come.
League City council members gave the green light Tuesday to red light cameras at five intersections throughout the city.
The cameras will capture drivers who run red lights at intersections at:
- FM 518 and Marina Bay Drive;
- Egret Bay at FM 518;
- Egret Bay at League City Parkway East;
- West Main at Gulf Freeway (highest rate of red light runners); and
- State Highway 3 at FM 518.
More than 600 accidents happened at those intersections from October 2005 to January 2009, according to a report by Police Chief Michael Jez.
Motorists caught running red lights will be issued a $75 ticket that will not count against their driving record, Jez said.
“I think we’re at a point where we have no other choice in this city but to use every tool in our arsenal to address traffic congestion,” he said.
Like them or not, these things aren’t going to go away.