PORT ST. LUCIE — City commissioners voted 3-1 on Nov. 24 to move forward with a proposal from the Port St. Lucie Police Department to install red light traffic cameras at selected intersections across the city. Mayor Shannon Martin was absent.
Ten intersections were identified as likely initial locations:
- Cashmere Boulevard and St. Lucie West Boulevard
- Southwest Tradition Parkway and Southwest Village Parkway
- Southwest Bayshore Boulevard and Southwest Port St. Lucie Boulevard
- Peacock Boulevard and St. Lucie West Boulevard
- Southwest Gatlin Boulevard and Southwest Port St. Lucie Boulevard
- California Boulevard and St. Lucie West Boulevard
- Southwest Gatlin Boulevard and Southwest Savona Boulevard
- U.S. Highway 1 and Southeast Leonard Road
- U.S. Highway 1 and Southeast Port St. Lucie Boulevard
- Northwest Bayshore Boulevard and Southwest Crosstown Parkway
Vice Mayor Jolien Caraballo supported the initiative and said the rollout would be gradual.
“The chief is going to do a few, and he’s going to pilot them out first, and we’re going to see how it goes from there,” she said…