In an effort to crack down on speeding along Montgomery Boulevard, city officials have added two new cameras to target east and westbound traffic between Louisiana and Wyoming to get people to ease up on the gas along the stretch of road.
The cameras are activated, however, Michael Ortega, who told KRQE in a news report that he’s lived along Montgomery near Wyoming for more than two decades, isn’t convinced. He told the station speeding is getting out of hand.
“As time goes on and there’s more mods that come out for these cars and motorcycles, unfortunately, this is where they want try it out on Montgomery,” Ortega said, according to the report.
Others living along the road echoed Ortega’s sentiment. Loren Ortiz told KRQE the speeding is becoming a big problem.
“We just had a baby so, you know, nap time is very important to us,” Ortiz told the news outlet. “Being so close to Montgomery, I mean, we’re one block off, so it would be nice if we didn’t have to worry about that kind of activity.”
City officials maintain the cameras have had an impact, others, like Ortiz, told the station they are not convinced, according to the report.
“I feel like in the past when we have had those kind of cameras they haven’t really made a huge difference so hopefully this will,” Ortiz told the news outlet.
KRQE also reported that according to recent reports, the $100 fines levied on speeders caught by the cameras are going unpaid, with at least 400 drivers having three or more tickers unpaid for more than three months.
“I’m hoping it will help,” Ortiz told the news outlet as he takes a wait-and-see approach to the cameras.
City officials plan to add even more cameras in the coming days, but the locations are not yet known, according to the report. A camera targeting the eastbound lane on Gibson has doled out the most tickets, while a camera on Lead is trailing with the fewest, KRQE concluded.