This week construction crews are installing traffic cameras at the intersection of 15th Ave. and Emerson, one of many new cameras planned the 15th Ave corridor. Although the city has more than 50 traffic cameras (not red light cameras) working right now, these are the first to be in in the northwest Seattle area. Peg Neilsen with the Seattle Department of Transportation tells us that traffic cameras are will soon be installed at these nearby intersections:

-Elliott Ave W & W Mercer St
-15th W & W Dravus
-15th Ave NW & NW Leary Way

There are also several more cameras going in farther north on 15th. According to Neilsen, the system is scheduled to go online in March 2010. Get the full story at our sister site, My Ballard.