Orange Park town council just approved starting negotiations with American Traffic Solutions, the company who provided the town with its three red-light cameras, to keep them on the roads for three more years.
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Action News Jax has been following the status of the town’s red-light cameras for months, after a committee brought up a proposal to get rid of them last December. But eight months later, the town remains one of two in northeast Florida, alongside Green Cove Springs, to still use the cameras.
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When the town approved the consideration to extend using the cameras last week, multiple people took the podium with concerns the cameras weren’t doing anything to keep drivers safe, like the town says they are. Instead, drivers like Philip Maple say they’re more of a money maker for Orange Park.
“I don’t buy that the cameras are doing anything for safety,” Maple says, “I feel like all they’re doing is bringing the town revenue.”