“They protect us from those reds on right, they keep drivers out of the crosswalks.”ĭiecker said even though learning the cameras weren’t leaving his area was a huge relief, he’d still like drivers to be more mindful of pedestrians like him. “We don’t stop to think about the impact of red light cameras on pedestrians,” Diecker said. He testified against this bill in the Texas legislature to tell law makers that red light cameras affect pedestrians as much as drivers. He was terrified when he thought the red light cameras would come down. Henry Diecker is a blind Leon Valley resident that walks the sidewalks of Bandera Road daily with the help of his guide dog Tony. “Only about 6 percent of our citations are given to Leon Valley residents.” “The residents of Leon Valley like this program, they favor this program - but they’re not the violators,” she said. That’s because cameras are lined along busy highways that pass through the city, like Texas Highway 16 or Bandera Road. Kuenstler said most citations issued because of red light cameras are given to people passing through Leon Valley. “The Leon Valley City Council is going to implement ordinances that their citizens want and that favor the community of Leon Valley.” “Ninety-four percent of residents favored the red light camera program,” Kuentsler said. Leon Valley City Manager Kelly Kuenstler said residents in the town don’t want to see the cameras taken down. That means Leon Valley could keep their cameras for the next 19 years. The contract began in 2018 and was extended an extra 10 years earlier this year.

Leon Valley first passed an ordinance for red light cameras in May 2017.

A section of the new law allows for towns to keep their cameras through the ends of their existing contracts with vendors. Greg Abbott signed a measure into law Saturday baning the cameras statewide. Law allows cities to keep them through existing contracts.Leon Valley will keep red light cameras.LEON VALLEY, Texas - Leon Valley officials said the town will keep its red light cameras, despite a new state law banning them.

San antonio traffic cameras