LONGVIEW — The Arizona-based company that operates Longview\u2019s network of a dozen red light cameras has pocketed $1.6 million for nearly 30,000 violations logged in the four years since the system started. The city\u2019s take? Not a dime. In fact, Longview owes the company more than $650,000. However, a clause in the city\u2019s contract with Phoenix-based RedFlex Traffic Systems states the city will owe nothing when the contract expires. The contract also guarantees RedFlex all revenue from the cameras. \u201cWhen you throw that $1.6 million out there that looks like a lot of money,\u201d said Mayor Jay Dean. The city is one year away from its opportunity to re-negotiate its deal with RedFlex. In preparation, Dean said the city has requested the company\u2019s accrued costs of equipment, installation, maintenance and personnel since the contract began.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LONGVIEW — The Arizona-based company that operates Longview\u2019s network of a dozen red light cameras has pocketed $1.6 million for nearly 30,000 violations logged in the four years since the system started. The city\u2019s take? Not a dime. In fact, Longview owes the company more than $650,000. However, a clause in the city\u2019s contract with … Continue reading City of Longview Reviews Red-light Cameras<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 15:20:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86406"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86614,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86406\/revisions\/86614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}