From KOB-TV.com - The Albuquerque City Council got its first look at a new contract for the city's red light cameras Monday evening. Details on the proposed contract are still being unveiled, but Interim City Attorney Robert Kidd has new numbers on the program's success. He says it boils down to cost. Kidd tells KOB Eyewitness News 4 that new numbers show the program is already paying for itself. Although a public records request submitted by KOB shows private citizens are not the only ones getting tickets. Between 2009 and 2010, City of Albuquerque vehicles were issued 1,822 red light camera tickets. 1,289 of them were dismissed. 459 were paid. 74 are still unpaid. Read more
Nearly 2,000 city vehicles issued red light camera tickets
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Michael Swickard
on Monday, May 2, 2011
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