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A one year contract was approved for the Pima County Sheriff’s Department to install photo enforcement locations or permanent “speed traps”.  The locations of the speed traps are as follows:

• Valencia Road near Wilmot Road 
• Ina Road near Camino de Fosforo
•  Ruthrauff Road near Calle Reina
• 8500 South Nogales Hwy./Hermans Road
• Mission Road near Nebraska St
• Swan Road/South near Calle Barrill
• Valencia Road near Camino De La Tierra 
• Alvernon Way near Stationmaster Drive
• La Cholla Drive near Fountains Avenue
• River Road near Camino Boscaje

The Sherriff’s department will begin by giving people a warning and after 7 days will begin issuing real tickets.  Tickets will be issued for anyone going 11 MPH or more over the posted speed limit.  Initially, the warning period was set to begin on April 2, 2009.  However, that date has been delayed.  The warning period for the following locations will begin on April 13, 2009 with real tickets being given out starting April 20, 2009.

• North La Cholla Boulevard at West Sunset Road
• South Mission Road and West Grubstake Drive
• East Ina Road at North Camino de las Candelas
• East Calle Barril at North Swan Road

The following locations will begin receiving warnings on May 1, 2009 with live tickets being issued starting May 8, 2009.  Tickets will be issued for anyone going 11 MPH or more over the posted speed limit.

• East Valencia Road near South Wilmot Road
• West Ruthrauff Road near West Rillito Street
• West Valencia Road near South Camino de la Tierra
• South Alvernon Way near South Station Master Drive
• East River Road near North Country Club Road
• South Nogales Highway and East Hermans Road

For a Google map of the photo enforcement locations around Tucson please see the following link.  http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=117058165005795302152.000461a71a9252aa21a1c&ll=32.127942,-110.933075&spn=0.811762,1.52298&z=10

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