Norcross adds traffic enforcement unit

The Norcross City Council voted March 2 to add a two-person traffic enforcement unit to the city’s existing 41 officers.

The additions are the result of increased traffic wrecks up from 600 in 2012 to 1,600 in 2014 and complaints of speeding. The goal of the traffic enforcement unit will be to reduce the overall number of accidents, injuries and fatalities. Officers will focus on Jimmy Carter Boulevard, Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, Beaver Ruin Road, Indian Trail and Brook Hollow Parkway.

The city will invest $250,00 in the new officers the first year, including pay, training and equipment to be paid with federal seized funds. The officers are expected to cost $56,321 each annually in salary and benefits.