The Bellevue City Council is set to consider expanding the city’s speed safety camera program, as part of an ongoing effort to reduce serious and fatal traffic crashes.
The City Council will look at how to move forward with adding more speed cameras, which is now allowed under a new state law. Under changes to RCW 46.63.250, cities like Bellevue are allowed to install speed cameras in more locations—including near parks, hospitals, school walk zones, and areas with a history of collisions.
Currently, Bellevue has speed cameras in place at three school zones and red-light cameras at four major intersections. The program has been in effect since 2009 and is part of the city’s wider Vision Zero plan, which aims to eliminate severe crashes by the year 2030…