Changes are coming to the oldest park in Cedar Rapids. Starting Saturday, alcohol will no longer be permitted in Greene Square Park. The city council unanimously approved the ban at its July 10 meeting. The vote came one month after Cedar Rapids Police Chief Wayne Jerman announced plans to install security cameras in the park, […]
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Iowa Supreme Court rules DOT can’t ban traffic cameras
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) does not have the authority to regulate traffic cameras. It was a 6-0 decision in favor of the cities of Cedar Rapids, Des Moines and Muscatine, who sued IDOT after the agency ordered automated traffic cameras removed from interstates in Iowa […]
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Cedar Rapids seizing income tax returns for nonpayment of traffic camera tickets
Cedar Rapids has begun seizing the state tax refunds of people with unpaid tickets from the city’s traffic cameras. In Sept., the city council voted to send unpaid traffic camera fines to the Iowa Department of Administrative Service’s offset program.
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Lawsuits over Cedar Rapids I-380 speed cameras are headed to the Iowa Supreme Court
No city in Iowa has made more money from traffic cameras than Cedar Rapids. But two cases challenging the city’s use of traffic cameras on Interstate 380, which were recently accepted for further review by the Iowa Supreme Court, may change that. If the court rules in favor of the plaintiffs, the city may have to refund some of the fines it has collected. It may also face lawsuits for violating the rights of people ticketed because of the cameras.
