Policy to stay in Boynton, Pines

SUNRISE – Those controversial red-light cameras are still getting the green light in some cities.

Boynton Beach will turn them on again Sept. 1 after an eight-month hiatus, making Boynton the lone city in Palm Beach County with cameras.

Red-light runners will get a twoweek warning period, with drivers getting a warning letter instead of a fine through Sept. 14.

Boynton has 15 red-light cameras at seven intersections, including Gateway Boulevard and Congress Avenue and Woolbright Road and Congress Avenue.

Critics say the cameras are just another way for cities to make money, but fans say they help save lives.

With several cities ending their redlight camera programs in the past few years over legal challenges and cost overruns, only four cities in Broward County still operate red-light cameras: Sunrise, Davie, Tamarac and West Park.

Sunrise got its cameras in 2010 and never turned them off.

Commissioners in Sunrise will vote late this month on whether to keep the cameras around for three more years.

Pembroke Pines turned off its cameras in 2013, but plans to turn them on again come Aug. 25.

“Keep control of your car and don’t run a red light and you’ll have no problems,” Pembroke Pines Mayor Frank Ortis said.