EDISON PARK— Two red-light cameras in the 41st Ward are set to be removed, Ald. Anthony Napolitano (41st) announced Wednesday.
The camera at Touhy and Osceola avenues in Edison Park and the eye-in-the-sky at Harlem Avenue and Northwest Highway are set to be removed by the Chicago Department of Transportation, Napolitano said in a statement.
Before the cameras are removed, city officials will hold a hearing at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Olympia Park Fieldhouse, 6656 N. Avondale Ave.
City transportation officials will discuss the criteria for removing the cameras that issue $100 fines and answer questions about the department's traffic safety programs, officials said.
Ald. Margaret Laurino (39th) announced a few weeks ago that two cameras in her ward would be removed.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the cameras would be removed in March, at the height of the mayoral and aldermanic elections.
The camera at Touhy and Osceola avenues is directly outside St. Juliana School in Edison Park, and both Napolitano and former Ald. Mary O'Connor (41st) said the parents of students and nearby residents should be consulted before it is removed.
A Chicago Sun-Times investigation found the controversial cameras had raked in $284.9 million in fines citywide since Mayor Rahm Emanuel took office.
The camera at Touhy and Osceola avenues generated $427,630 in fines after issuing 4,462 tickets from 2011 through July, according to information obtained by the newspaper.
The camera at Northwest Highway and Harlem generated $828,198 in fines after issuing 6,529 tickets from 2011 through July, according to information obtained by the newspaper.
Read DNAinfo's May 2015 investigation on the city's speed cameras.
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