If you live in Pasco, you might be one of the residents who receives a survey in the mail.

The Pasco City Council is debating the idea of putting safety cameras (traffic cams) at certain problem intersections, in an effort to cut down on motorists who run red lights.

The council is going to be sending out about 1,400 surveys to city residents, at a cost of just over $12,000, to determine if this is something they should do.

Council members this week said the surveys will be included in utility bills. Traffic cams have become another lightning rod across the country, as privacy and personal rights experts and supporters say they're an invasion of privacy.

At the Council's most recent meeting, member Al Yenney said he was "not an advocate of having cameras on the public"  but admitted the issue has become a growing problem in the city.

Officials did not specify which intersections would be targeted, but it's presumed the surveys will ask for public input as to which intersections they believe are the worst. Councilman Yenney said there have been several instances when he would have become an accident statistic at an intersection if he hadn't been driving defensively.

The Council has not set any timetable for action on potential traffic cameras. There are traffic cams at certain areas in the Tri-Cities, but they are largely near the Blue Bridge and operated by the Washington State Department of Transportation, and are not used for enforcement.

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