PHOENIX — The photo-enforcement cameras on the Loop 101 are generating less money than expected during the first three months of Scottsdale's freeway speeding-ticket experiment.
City officials said the number of tickets processed is about one-third below the city's projections.
But officials said it is too early to judge the program's success.
Mary O'Connor, Scottsdale's transportation general manager, said the city will look for trends as it determines whether to continue the program beyond October.
In the three months since citations were first issued, Scottsdale reported Loop 101 cameras flashed 20,763 drivers in the program's first month. That number jumped to 29,402 in the second month before dropping to 25,062 in the third month.
Scottsdale City Court processed 33,559 freeway speeding tickets through May 31. The city is on pace to collect as many as 11,186 each month, about one-third less than the 16,541 transportation experts projected when the freeway cameras idea was proposed to the City Council in October.
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