Cedar Rapids Nets Over $1 Million From Traffic Cameras

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By Richard Pratt

Story Created: Dec 23, 2010 at 9:44 AM CDT

Story Updated: Dec 23, 2010 at 9:44 AM CDT

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The red light and speed cameras have now netted Cedar Rapids more a million dollars.

After nine months, the city says its collected more than $2.6 million in fines. A little over $1 million of that goes to the company who operates the cameras. So doing the math, that means the city of Cedar Rapids has taken in more than $1.5 million in net revenue.

The city says that money goes into a general police fund.

For more on the traffic cameras from our special report, "Snap Judgment," CLICK HERE.

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