Speed cameras across Portland have been shut off for months. Here’s why

Since the end of July, the 32 speed enforcement cameras across Portland haven’t snapped a single photo of a speeding car.

The reason: All the cameras have been switched off as part of what the Portland Bureau of Transportation is calling a necessary step in upgrading and refreshing the traffic safety system, as first reported by OPB .

Bureau spokesperson Hannah Schafer told The Oregonian/OregonLive that the cameras are being replaced as the city shifts to a new vendor.

The project won’t be done until November, and when the cameras are turned back on, the system will have three additional cameras — at Southeast Powell Boulevard and 34th Avenue, Northeast 82nd Avenue and Fremont Street, and Northeast 82nd Avenue and Klickitat Street.

But for now, the cameras remain off — temporarily el