Link to the House Transportation Committee hearing on traffic cameras PROPOSALS FOR CAMERAS* Outright ban* Moratorium* Requirements for additional engineering studies* Uniform guidelines* Statewide audit of the traffic camera programs already in existenceSource: Tennessee House Transportation Committee
Chattanooga’s representatives on the Tennessee House Transportation Committee fought Tuesday to keep traffic cameras on state roads.
The discussion came as committee members sought to place guidelines — or an outright ban — on the controversial photo-enforcement systems that have appeared across the state.
“This is a difficult issue for every one of us,” said Rep. Richard Floyd, R-Chattanooga. “We have all our local governments who want to do this, but if you put it on a ballot, you’d get blown out of the water.”
Chairman Rep. Bill Harmon, D-Dunlap, said the committee was attempting to compile ideas on how to regulate the cameras into one piece of legislation that could be sent to the full House for vote.