ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque’s newest speed camera is answering a call to slow drivers down through a downtown-area neighborhood. Neighbors said they’re already seeing a difference, but that the job’s not finished.
Now, watching drivers on South Broadway, the city’s latest speed camera near downtown, is already getting a positive response. Put up in June, the city installed the camera at Broadway and Iron after the neighborhood association pushed for it.
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The camera is the 20 th and final camera for Albuquerque until the city can sign a new contract to expand the program.
“An expansion to this program I think will continue that trend of positive changes in driver behavior because even reducing speeds by one mile per hour can result in a 17 percent reduction in fatal crashes,” said Valerie Hermanson, City of Albuquerque Public Works Strategic Program Manager.