Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Moose Jaw Times-Herald: An extra $550,000 in annual revenue for city

Automated speed enforcement program generating extra funds for the city

By Lisa Goudy

Because of speeders in photo radar zones, the City of Moose Jaw can expect annual revenue of $1.08 million with ongoing costs around $540,000.

From March 2015 to August 2015, there were 5,083 tickets paid with fines totalling $442,555.09.

"I know we've seen the numbers that have come in initially. My understanding is that the numbers of tickets are starting to drop a little bit, not as quite as quick as we would like in school zones, but when we're looking at Ninth Avenue Northwest and the Trans-Canada Highway, we're starting to see a drop in in-province tickets," said Mayor Deb Higgins.

Read more

No comments:

Post a Comment