Fairfield RTM To Consider Future Of Speed Camera Program

FAIRFIELD, CT — The Fairfield Representative Town Meeting is scheduled to consider whether to confirm the town’s speed camera program and allow the program to continue when members meet Monday.

The RTM will hold its regular monthly meeting at 8 p.m. Aug. 24 at the Education Center, 501 Kings Highway East. The meeting will be hybrid, with the public also able to watch or participate remotely through Zoom. It will also be carried on FairTV. Click here to view the agenda; backup materials can be viewed here.

Under a resolution recommended by First Selectperson Christine Vitale, the RTM is scheduled to consider and act on confirming Fairfield’s Automated Traffic Enforcement Safety Device Plan and its continuation.

The resolution states that Fairfield previously adopted an ordinance authorizing automated traffic enforcement safety devices under state law. The Town Code requires the Fairfield Traffic Authority to report to the RTM, including data on the operation of the devices.

According to the resolution, the RTM has reviewed the enforcement plan, including the locations identified for the devices and data on the program’s operation. The plan was submitted to and approved by the Connecticut Department of Transportation.

Members are also scheduled to consider and act on a separate resolution that would create an Ordinance Drafting Committee on Automated Traffic Enforcement Safety Devices.

That resolution is sponsored by RTM members Craig Diamond of District 2; Laura Karson and Liz Zezima of District 4; Betsy Elrick and Sharon Pistilli of District 5; and Emma Barron of District 6.

An informational meeting on the speed camera program was held Monday; video of the meeting can be viewed here.