‘Purge this stain’: Leon Valley could be the last city in Texas with red-light cameras

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‘Purge this stain’: Leon Valley could be the last city in Texas with red-light cameras
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Two bills filed in the Texas House and Senate look to prevent that from happening.

with Arizona firm American Traffic Solutions in 2019. Balcones Heights initially extended its contract until 2034, but due to a clerical error, the extension never made it through, and the program will expire next year. Leon Valley’s red-light camera program will expire in 2039.

But motorists who run lights in places like Leon Valley and Balcones Heights still get a ticket in the mail, and that’s causing confusion, Cortez said. The cameras were initially pitched in Leon Valley as a boon for public safety that would reduce crashes and improve traffic flow, specifically on Bandera Road, one of the worst corridors in Bexar County.Leon Valley council members who were instrumental in the extension of its contract have since been voted out or recalled. Also gone are the city manager and police chief who backed using the cameras.“Our citizens don’t want them,” Hefner said.

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