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Article: Cameras slow to rake in cash.(Local)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- September 12, 2009
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The projected annual profits the red-light cameras in Virginia Beach were expected to bring in . From March 13 through June 30, red-light violators caught on camera paid $26,950 in fines. By Kathy Adams
The Virginian-Pilot
VIRGINIA BEACH
When city officials signed off last fall on installing 20 red-light cameras at intersections, they had hoped the program would bring in $350,000 a year in profit .
They may have overestimated.
So far, each intersection is bringing in about $100 a day in paid violations. At that rate, with 20 cameras operating at 11 intersections, the city won't cover the PhotoSafe Program's estimated $1.3 ...