$2.6M could fund nearly 100 traffic monitoring cameras across San Antonio, pending city council approval

San Antonio City Council will consider an item later this month to push forward plans to add nearly 100 traffic-monitoring and vehicle-detection cameras at intersections across the city.

City Council will consider approving a construction contract priced at $2,667,888 during its A session meeting on Dec. 11.

In total, 93 cameras will be installed. It is not immediately clear where or how the city identified which intersections were a priority.

The devices are part of a larger program to improve traffic efficiency, helmed by the city’s Public Works Department. The devices communicate with the Transportation & Infrastructure Management Center in the Transguide Traffic Management facility, according to a city website.

City documents say the move comes as “an effort to improve the safety a