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Revenue From D.C. Traffic-Camera Tickets Lower Than Anticipated
D.C.'s budget is in question as the fiscal year comes to an end.

As the fiscal year comes to an end, D.C.’s anticipated revenue from fines and forfeitures has not been met.
“The assumption in the February and June forecast was that automated traffic enforcement revenue would continue to increase as full implementation of these devices occurred, but the implementation has been delayed,” Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey DeWitt wrote in a letter to Mayor Vincent Gray and Chairman Phil Mendelson.
During the 2014 fiscal year, that ends Sept. 30, it was estimated that $93.7 million would be brought in from automated traffic enforcement. As of Monday that number is down by about $70 million.
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Full revenue information, regarding the fourth quarter of the 2014 fiscal year, has not been collected yet.
“The 40 percent decline in fines, which already undermines the FY 2014 forecast, poses the greatest downside risk to the FY 2015 revenue estimate,” DeWitt wrote.
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The fiscal year 2015 revenue estimate has been altered to $50 - $70 million less.
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