Southbound Dayton Boulevard traffic waits as motorists turn left from Ashland Terrace on Friday. The traffic cameras in Red Bank are due to go dark on Jan. 19. Some local leaders say the cameras made streets safer, but business owners say they drove away customers.BY THE NUMBERS4: Traffic cameras in Red Bank72,325: Tickets issued since Red Bank’s traffic cameras were put in place in 200613: Percentage of repeat offenders$17,932: Camera-generated ticket revenue for fiscal 2013 to date$1 million: Camera-generated ticket revenue for Red Bank since 2006
At midnight Jan. 19, the traffic cameras on Dayton Boulevard in Red Bank will go dark.
American Traffic Solutions, the company that operates the city’s traffic cameras, will flip a switch remotely, shutting down cameras at all three intersections where they’re in place. The cameras will be physically removed later, company spokesman Charles Territo said.
But the cameras will operate right up until the contract with American Traffic Solutions ends. The last ticket could be issued at 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 18, Red Bank Police Chief Tim Christol said.
Once the switch is flipped, there will be no more tickets, no more complaints and no more “black eye” for the city, officials hope.