News : Speed Cameras nearly eliminated across the state, but four remain in C.R.

With the passage of House File 2681 Iowa law changes the use of traffic cameras. The Iowa Department of Transportation ruled Monday that permission for hundreds of traffic cameras across the state has been rejected.

Iowa's DOT issued their ruling on 348 camera permit requests from 28 Iowa municipalities. Iowa law will now require cities to request permits to justify automated traffic enforcement cameras. The new law left just 11 Iowa cameras approved across the state. The fixed traffic cameras can be found in only four Iowa cities; four in both Cedar Rapids and Davenport, and one in Des Moines, Marshalltown, and Le Claire.

The four approved cameras in Cedar Rapids are located in the I-380 S-curve, at Diagonal Drive (Northbound) and J Ave. (Southbound) and on Williams Boulevard at 16th Ave in both directions.

Iowa towns that requested camera permits were denied. Those include Buffalo, Charles City, Chester, Davenport, Des Moines, Fayette, Fredericksburg, Hazelton, Hudson, Independence, La Porte City, Le Claire, Lee County, Marion, Marshalltown, Maynard, Muscatine, Oelwein, Postville, Prairie City, Strawberry Point, Tama, Waterloo, Webster City and West Union.