Red Light Cameras Coming Soon
Like it or not, Austin's new red light cameras are slated to be put into service by Memorial Day weekend.
Dubbed the "Keep Austin Safe" program, the photo-based system will be first activated at the intersection of I-35 and 11th Street. Eight others will gradually come online over the next few weeks.
Each violation will set you back $75, unless you're able to prove one of a variety of extenuating circumstances—if you entered the intersection to get out of the way of an emergency vehicle, for example, or if your car was stolen.
Intersections selected for camera installations include:
- I-35 northbound service road and 11th Street
- Riverside Drive and Pleasant Valley Road
- Mopac (Burnet) northbound and Howard Lane/Wells Branch Parkway
- Mopac (Burnet) southbound and Howard Lane/Wells Branch Parkway
- Lamar Boulevard. and Ben White Boulevard eastbound
- Mopac southbound service road and U.S. 290 eastbound
- I-35 south bound service road and 15th Street
- Lamar and Ben White (or Capital of Texas Highway) westbound/northbound
- I-35 southbound service road and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
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