CHOKEPOINTS

New Edmonds red light cameras may issue 11,000+ tickets a year

Apr 23, 2025, 11:26 AM

Red Light Cameras edmonds...

Example of red light camera sign. ( Photo: Keith Beaty/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

( Photo: Keith Beaty/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

More than 200 warning letters have been issued to Edmonds drivers as part of its newly implemented red light camera enforcement program, according to The Everett Herald. 

The system includes two cameras. One is located at the intersection of 220th Street Southwest and Highway 99, and the other at 100th Avenue West and Edmonds Way. In total, the pair recorded 535 violations from April 10 to April 17.

Red light cameras trigger hundreds of warnings in Edmonds

However, Edmonds Police Commander Josh McClure noted that 320 of those incidents have either been dismissed or are still under review. Officials are currently offering drivers a “grace period,” meaning drivers caught running red lights will receive warning notices rather than fines.

Starting in May, violations will result in a $145 ticket for failing to stop at a red light. Officials said the cameras could generate up to 11,180 citations annually.

For comparison, in Lynnwood, the red-light camera at 196th Street and Alderwood Mall Parkway was the busiest in 2023, issuing 14,323 citations. The next most active location recorded 4,535.

Chokepoints

convention center paint...

Chris Sullivan

9th Avenue reopens after Convention Center’s paint job kept it closed for weeks

The paint the Convention Center used to make the street look pretty couldn't be removed, keeping the road closed for weeks longer than the SDOT street closure permit allowed.

3 hours ago

oversize load (1)...

Chris Sullivan

Massive oversize load clogs southbound I-5 in Tulalip, still stuck on shoulder hours later

Drivers between Arlington and Marysville experienced 30-minute delays on I-5 after a massive, oversize load lumbered down the freeway.

5 hours ago

closures...

Nate Connors

Plan ahead: WSDOT has a number of late night closures around the region this week

The final week of Summer is a busy one for WSDOT, as it races to complete as many projects as they can before the fall rains arrive.

24 hours ago

kingston ferry...

Chris Sullivan

Kingston’s new ferry ticket kiosk cut the line-cutting. Now it needs to fix the GPS problem

The Washington State Ferries put in a new ticket kiosk approaching the Kingston dock earlier this year to help ease congestion and line cutting.

2 days ago

garbage truck fire NB I-5...

Jason Sutich

NB I-5 off-ramp to West Seattle back open after garbage truck fire

The exit ramp to West Seattle from northbound I-5 is fully blocked on Monday while a garbage truck burns in the middle of the roadway.

2 days ago

tacoma car crash fatal...

MyNorthwest Staff

One killed after car splits in half in violent Tacoma crash

The collision happened just after 11 p.m. on Portland Avenue. A 28-year-old man, Duran Tessema, hit a power pole so hard that it cut his car in half.

2 days ago

New Edmonds red light cameras may issue 11,000+ tickets a year