Six intersections will undergo traffic studies and more red-light cameras may be on the way if the Berwyn City Council accepts a proposed contract with a Chicago company.

A proposal by Deputy Police Chief Joseph Drury was submitted to the City Council Sept. 8. The proposal states SafeSpeed would be contracted to provide a detailed traffic study of six intersections in the city and provide equipment and installation of red-light cameras.

Berwyn Mayor Robert Lovero said SafeSpeed would provide the hardware and installation of the cameras at no cost to the village, and the new cameras would not replace the three cameras currently in place run by RedSpeed Illinois.

“It’s not a matter of eliminating one company,” Lovero said. “We want to have something that’s going to save the city the most amount of money.”

Lombard-based RedSpeed has operated four red-light cameras at the intersections of Ridgeland Avenue and Cermak Road, East Avenue and 26th Street, and Ogden and Harlem Avenues, since 2007.

The camera at East Avenue and 26th Street is being moved to the intersection of Harlem Avenue and Cermak Road.

“It’s done its job, and now it’s going to move to a new location that has a higher traffic volume,” Lovero said.

In the proposal, Drury explains how the move to SafeSpeed for additional cameras could save the city money in the long term. SafeSpeed charges no maintenance fees to the city and collects up to $40 per each violation, while RedSpeed collects a per camera fee of $1,499 plus additional fees.

The city would net more than $100,000 more with SafeSpeed if the same amount of citations, 4,131, were issued last year through RedSpeed, according to Drury.

Lovero said the council deferred voting on the contract until its next meeting Tuesday, Sept. 22, so aldermen could review the proposal. If the contract is approved, SafeSpeed will begin the  traffic studies and apply for permits to allow red-light cameras at an intersection, which Lovero said can take up to nine months.

Berwyn police division Cmdr. Claudio Paolucci, who oversees the review of red-light camera violations and court hearings, said the traffic study will be to see the amount of traffic per day and the amount of violations that occur.

“Generally when they do studies, the cameras won’t be installed at every intersection,” Paolucci said.

Recommended intersections for detailed traffic studies by SafeSpeed, LLC

• Northbound Harlem Avenue at Cermak Road
• Westbound Cermak Road and Harlem Avenue
• Northbound Oak Park Avenue and Cermak Road
• Westbound and eastbound Cermak Road and Oak Park Avenue
• Westbound Pershing Road and Harlem Avenue