HAMPTON — Drivers will need to be more cautious — or risk a fine. The city is installing speed and red-light cameras that go live next month.
Mayor Donnie Tuck spoke of the impending camera fees during his final town hall meeting Thursday at the American Theatre.
The red-light cameras are meant to deter drivers from clogging city streets when traffic from the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel and Interstate 64 backs up. Tuck said these will become active in early August, potentially as soon as Thursday. The first red-light cameras expected to go live include two on Mallory Street — one near Segar Street and one on the other side of the bridge — and one at the intersection of Settlers Landing Road and William R. Harvey Way.
The cameras will monitor drivers running a red light and turning right on red when prohibited. Public Works Director Jason Mitchell previously laid out a plan to direct traffic along Settlers Landing Road, which connects downtown to I-64, into three lanes.
In the left lane, traffic would travel toward Phoebus and I-64 West. In the right lane, traffic would turn right onto the Hampton University campus or Veterans Affairs Medical Center.