12/19/07-Gov. Ed Rendell has signed a bill into law that will keep red light cameras posted along a Philadelphia roadway.
Since 2005, red light cameras along Roosevelt Boulevard have been credited with sharp reductions in injuries and deaths. The cameras are posted at eight intersections along the boulevard. Violators face $100 fines.
With the camera program set to expire at the end of the month, House lawmakers voted 135-57 on the final day of the 2007 session to extend the program along the 12-lane, 14-mile boulevard, which is a section of U.S. Route 1, through 2011. The Senate previously approved it by unanimous consent, and Rendell signed off on the measure Dec. 18.
HB17 continues to earmark revenue from red light violations to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.