Red light cameras could be coming to Thunder Bay in 2021. (Leith Dunick, tbnewswatch.com)
THUNDER BAY – Motorists who race through red lights may find it a lot more costly if city officials have their way.
Council on Monday is being asked to approve a red-light camera program at 10 yet-to-be-identified intersections in Thunder Bay.
A ticket under the program would cost the vehicle owner $325, including a $260 ticket, a $60 victim surcharge and a $5 court cost. The city projects the project would bring in as much $2.1 million in fine revenue in Year 1, generating a profit of $1.28 million. By Year 5 the fines would total an estimated $1.7 million, with a profit of $886,000, as motorists adapt to the cameras being in place. The worst-case projections show fine revenues ranging from $1.4 million in Year 1 to $1.1 million in Year 5, and profit margins between $537,000 and $276,000.