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A task force that will debate lowering fines for the city’s growing network of traffic cameras will meet next Tuesday for the first time.

The task force, created by councilmembers Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) and Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6), is made up by representatives from eight groups ranging from AAA to the D.C. Bicycle Advisory Council and will propose ideas that may eventually make it into law. Chief among those is whether the city’s fines are just too high—automated speeding tickets start at $75 and can quickly rise to $250.

In announcing the task force’s creation last month, Wells argued that D.C. residents and visitors need to know that the city’s growing network of traffic cameras—which doled out $51 million in fines in 2010—are being used to promote public safety, and not pad the city’s coffers.

The first meeting will take place on Tuesday, August 28 at 3 p.m. in Room 502 of the John A. Wilson Building. It’s open to the public, but if you can’t make it, you can still email your ideas to jkass (at) dccouncil (dot) us and whandsfield (at) dccouncil (dot) us.