By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services/Arizona Daily Star
Cities and counties statewide could lose their ability to put photo radar on some roads simply to satisfy a Peoria lawmaker’s efforts to keep her constituents from being ticketed for speeding.
On a 5-1 vote Tuesday, the Senate Transportation Committee approved SB 1241 that would bar local governments from operating speed and red light cameras on any state highway. That includes not just freeways but any numbered road maintained by the state, even if it is a city street.
