Orange Park’s red light cameras caught average of 53 violations a day over last year. That added up to $2.15M in fines

Clay County is growing -- and so are the Orange Park town coffers fed by red light camera fines.

According to data provided by the Orange Park Police Department to the Orange Park Town Council, the town made more than $1.1 million from citations caught by red-light cameras over the last year.

The town has eight cameras mounted at three intersections, including the very busy Kingsley Avenue/U.S. 17 (Park Avenue) intersection.

The other two intersections that have red-light cameras in Orange Park are U.S. 17 (Park Avenue)/Loring Avenue and Kingsley Avenue/Debarry Avenue.

According to OPPD’s report to the town council, the three intersections were chosen because of the number of crashes, the need for pedestrian safety and the volume of traffic.

According to OPPD data, 19,545 red light ca