PORT ST. LUCIE – The City Council majority here voted Nov. 24 to approve an ordinance authorizing red-light cameras in 10 of the city’s intersections on second reading in an effort to reduce right-angle crashes in the city despite a last minute plea by one resident to table the ordinance until more research could be done on their effectiveness.
Council members held the first reading on the ordinance Nov. 10, during which Police Chief Leo Niemczyk provided crash data on the 10 intersections.
The one at Cashmere and St. Lucie West boulevards is the most dangerous for those right-angle crashes, with 75 out of the 264 crashes in 2022 stemming from that type of incident…