Chicago will add 50 speed cameras as part of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to balance this year’s budget, increasing the stock of the devices used to ticket drivers by 30% citywide.
The city’s Department of Transportation confirmed this week that it is “actively working” to install the 50 cameras this year but declined to share the locations, saying they have yet to be finalized.
Multiple aldermen told the Tribune CDOT officials called them in the past several days to float addresses in their wards for a new speed camera, all of which were intersections the aldermen said constituents had raised concerns about when it came to speeding and crashes…