The City of Wilmington released the locations of more than 40 safety cameras that are either already in place or will be located at other intersections.
The cameras are designed to prevent motorists from traveling through a red light.
The city will eliminate some cameras due to improved safety numbers while adding others. The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) today approved the city’s plan for 2019, which totals 44 cameras at 42 intersections by the middle of the year.
The city has a large traffic camera presence, which has drawn fire from critics who see the system as a revenue source than a safety measure.
Under state law, the city works with DelDOT to review a slate of camera locations based on crash information from DelDOT and the Wilmington Police Department Wilmington’s total safety cameras for 2019 will include 28 existing cameras, cameras at six intersections that will be eliminated, and 16 new cameras.
The city estimates that the installation of the 16 new cameras will take from between four to six months to complete through a phased rollout, with the first cameras expected to be online in June 2019. Wilmington Police are responsible for reviewing all violations before a ticket is issued.
The following are lists of cameras that will remain in place in 2019, are new cameras, or will be eliminated:
Cameras in operation at the following locations and will not change in 2019:
- Pennsylvania Avenue westbound at N. Lincoln Street
- Lancaster Avenue eastbound at S. Cleveland Avenue
- Pennsylvania Avenue eastbound at N. Franklin Street
- 4th Street westbound at N. Adams Street
- 4th Street westbound at N. Washington Street
- Lancaster Avenue westbound at S. Cleveland Avenue
- Pennsylvania Avenue eastbound at Woodlawn Avenue
- Pennsylvania Avenue westbound at Woodlawn Avenue
- Lancaster Avenue eastbound at Lincoln Street
- 11th Street eastbound at N. Church Street
- S. Union Street northbound at Prospect Road
- S. Union Street southbound at Maple Street
- 4th Street westbound at Scott Street
- Concord Avenue northbound at N. Broom Street
- Concord Avenue southbound at N. Broom Street
- Lancaster Avenue eastbound at Jackson Street
- Route 13A southbound at Christiana Avenue
- Maryland Avenue eastbound at 7th Avenue
- N. King Street southbound at E. 4th Street
- W. 4th Street eastbound at N. Orange Street
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard westbound at West Street
- S. Walnut Street northbound at E. 2nd Street
- Pennsylvania Avenue eastbound at N. Van Buren Street
- Delaware Avenue westbound at N. Van Buren Street
- W. 2nd Street westbound at N. Adams Street
- S. Walnut Street northbound at A Street
- N. Walnut Street northbound at E. 8th Street
- W. 12th Street northbound at Washington Street
Six cameras that will be eliminated due to improved safety statistics:
- S. Heald Street southbound at D Street
- N. Lincoln Street northbound at 9th Street
- Concord Avenue southbound at N. Market Street
- 30th Street westbound at N. Market Street
- Lancaster Avenue eastbound at DuPont Street
- N. Union Street southbound at W. 4th Street
16 new cameras that will be added:
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard at Market Street
- N. Walnut Street at E. 11th Street
- SR 52 (Delaware Ave) at N. Jackson Street
- N. Jackson Street at W. 10th Street
- N. Walnut Street at E. 4th Street
- N. Adams Street at 11th Street /1-95 SB off-ramp
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard at Madison Street / SR 4 (Maryland Ave)
- 4th Street at Jackson Street /1-95 SB off-ramp
- N. Adams Street at 9th Street /1-95 NB off-ramp
- W. 2nd Street at N. Jackson Street
- W. 2nd Street at N. Broom Street
- Delaware Avenue / W. 11th Street at N. Washington Street
- N. Lincoln Street at W. 2nd Street
- W. 4th Street at N. Lincoln Street
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard at Monroe Street
- N. Union Street at W. 2nd Street
