SPOKANE, WASH. - With November numbers not yet
released, officials with the city of Spokane
said today that through the end
of October they have collected more than a million dollars off the red light
cameras.
From
Jan 1 through Oct. 31, 2012, they have
collected $1.27 million through the photo red program.
They
paid ATS (the contractor who operates the system) $457,000 for the same time
period and another $85,000 for our own employees who manage the program on our
end plus a few other miscellaneous expenses.
Net
revenue for 2012 (through the end of October) is just over
$706,000.
The net revenue in 2011 was $352,000 and
they used a portion of that money ($285,000) toward eight traffic calming
projects in eight neighborhoods throughout the city. They will use the revenue
from 2012 for the 2013 projects.