It is beginning to look as if these meetings were not meant to be. For the second day in a row, the City of Canton has had to cancel the meetings that were intended for discussion of the new red light cameras and speed cameras. City officials and representatives from Redflex were supposed to discuss the operation of red light cameras, speed cameras and photo radar. In the words of Redflex “debunk the myths” of red light cameras and the trickery that has gone on when they are installed in some cities.
City officials said that they will reschedule the meetings. I hope to attend these meetings so that I can hear what the Redflex employees have to say about their red light camera and speed camera systems. Hopefully the weather will cooperate. I know that if the winter is like this next year, the only tickets that will be passed out by Redflex and the City of Canton will be to operators of snowmobiles! We have had plenty of snow so far this year.
The meetings scheduled for January 14th 2009 have been cancelled due to bad weather. These meetings were scheduled for residents to discuss the proposed red light cameras and speed cameras that the City will be installing to catch those who speed and run red lights.
So far, the meetings are still on for January 15th. The Mayor’s office said that today’s meetings will be rescheduled as soon as they have a location to host them.
Representatives of Redflex are expected to be at the meetings tomorrow to answer technical questions about red light cameras, speed cameras, and photo radar.
Hopefully the red light camera meetings are scheduled for time that I can attend. I hope to be there so that I can post information about Canton’s red light cameras on this site.
Area residents will have a chance to ask questions of Canton City officials and representatives from Redflex, the contractor that the City of Canton has chosen to provide the red light and speed cameras.
There are two meetings scheduled for January 14. The first meeting will be at Living Hope Christian Fellowship at 5:00 PM. Living Hope is located at 1620 Clark Ave SW. The second meeting will be at 7:00 PM at Crenshaw Middle School, which is at 2525 9th St NE.
There are two red light camera and speed camera meetings scheduled on January 15th. The first at 5:00 PM at the Edward Coleman Community Center at 1400 Sherrick Rd SE. The second meeting is scheduled for 7:00 PM at the north branch of the Stark County District Library at 189 25th St NW.
The Mayor’s office says that they want the public to know exactly how the red light and speed cameras work so that people can make an informed decision. They say that people will be more receptive to the red light and speed cameras when they know how they work. There are supposed to be representatives from Redflex Traffic Systems at all of the meetings to answer technical questions about the operation of red light cameras and speed cameras.
The Mayor’s office said that they have not had very many calls about the red light cameras and speed cameras. They said less than a dozen people have called to complain or ask for more information. Does that mean that they think people are eager for the red light cameras? I would have never thought to contact the mayor’s office for information.
I am certainly interested in attending one of the scheduled meetings to get more information on the red light cameras. I have been in other cities where the red light and speed cameras were hated, maybe Canton will be different.
If you would like to get more information on Canton’s red light camera and speed camera meetings, you may contact the City of Canton Office of Public Safety at 330-438-4305