Osceola County took in over half a million dollars in revenue from nine red light cameras at four intersections in the 2024-25 fiscal year, county officials reported Monday.
Of that, about $246,000 stayed with the county (the rest was remitted to the state) and used for safety projects throughout the county.
That was part of a report given to the County Commission at Monday’s meeting, a report mandated by state statute that allows for maximum transparency through review.
Those cameras were located at Cypress Parkway and Doverplum Avenue, Poinciana Boulevard and Orange Blossom Trail and on U.S. Highway 192 at Celebration Avenue and Poinciana Boulevard.
They recorded 5,164 code violations (at $158 a pop), all reviewed by the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office. Of those 2,816 were paid, about 55%. Those that weren’t, nearly 1,100, became traffic citations that went into the court system that could result in driver’s license revocation if still not paid.
An annual payment to Verra Mobility, which supplies the cameras, comes out of the county’s collection. “I’d say they’ve made a difference,” county Traffic Operation Director Gary Yeager said. “If they can make a conduct change in how drivers obey the traffic lights, then it’s worth it.” He said the locations were selected in response to high numbers of accidents, and deputy-witnessed citations, at those intersections.
Yeager also noted three new locations will be getting county red light monitoring cameras, either new one or those replaced from other intersections due to construction: Narcoossee Road and Jack Brack Road, U.S. 192 and Cross Prairie Parkway at the Florida’s Turnpike interchange and Poinciana Boulevard and Oren Brown Road.
The city of Kissimmee also employs a number of red light traffic cameras in the city limits, at intersections like Osceola Parkway and Michigan Avenue, the Parkway at Orange Blossom Trail and OBT at 192.
