HONOLULU -- Traffic cameras will not be catching drivers speeding through residential neighborhoods in Honolulu as once believed.

Mayor Jeremy Harris' decision to pull the city out of the traffic-van program may have made him popular with some drivers, but leaders in some parts of town are unhappy.

"We were very disappointed, because we were counting on them and had been promised to have those cameras on Kaukonahua Road," said Kathleen Pahinui of the North Shore Neighborhood Board.

Traffic vans were also due for Makakilo Drive. Maeda Timson, chairman of the neighborhood board, said she thought the vans would better and cheaper than expensive street lights and redesigned streets.

"The idea for this van cam, if we would at least give it a chance, we could see that it might work better than plopping in another stop light," Timson said.

Timson said she hates the vans on the freeways, but thinks they would work on city streets.

"And that's really where they belong," Timson said. "They really don't belong on the freeways."

Said Daryl Huff of Pali Highway, "One of the biggest complaints of drivers was the locations chosen for them near the highways. The mayor's decision won't change that and may even make that worse. The state says, without residential streets to deploy to, more of the vans will be placed on the highways."

City officials said they didn't know community leaders wanted the vans, even though the city compiled a list of 29 streets where photo enforcement might help.

Also, the state didn't tell the city that photo enforcement would be with mobile vans, which the city blames for highway bottlenecks and public outrage.

For a complete list of recommended residential areas that will now not receive cameras, click here.