Gloucester County To Replace 120 Aging Traffic Light Cameras

Gloucester County will receive a $1.7 million grant from the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission using STBGP — STU funds to replace aging video cameras at traffic signals throughout the county, officials announced on Monday.

STBGP — STU are Surface Transportation Block Grant Program and Urban Allocated Surface Transportation Program federal funds. The funds will be used for traffic signal camera video detection upgrades at 120 intersections throughout Gloucester County. The cameras aren’t used to record traffic, officials said.
Upgrades will begin in the summer of 2019, after all federal authorizations are granted.

“This is a significant grant that will enable the county to upgrade its traffic detection cameras at many intersections,” Gloucester County Freeholder Director Robert M. Damminger said. “These cameras help us to make intersections safer through a variety of functions, including detection for vehicles in thru lanes and turn lanes at intersections.”

“This upgrade will enable traffic signal controllers to function more efficiently,” Gloucester County Freeholder Heather Simmons said. “The cameras that are currently in use were installed in 2005 and can no longer be repaired. This project will replace all of the aging camera units.”

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