The city of Cedar Rapids will appeal a recent judge's ruling to order automated traffic cameras on I-380 to be removed or moved.

The council vote was 7-1 in favor of continuing the appeal following a closed door meeting Tuesday afternoon.

Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett was the only council member to vote against further appeals. The mayor says there just was a point where it didn't make sense to keep trying.

"Let's try to end this saga and work with the DOT and move the cameras where they think they should be and hopefully they don't revise their rules again," the mayor said.

But the majority view was the city can still make a safety claim and council member Scott Olson says that's the argument that prevailed.

"We still feel the city of Cedar Rapids has a very valid argument relating to how the cameras have made the S-curve (on I-380 downtown) substantially safer," Olson said.

Cedar Rapids will now join Des Moines and Muscatine in appealing the ruling.

A hearing for a stay of the order is set for May 17.

The city stopped issuing speeding citations from the four I-380 cameras and one on 1st Ave S.E. after the judge's ruling on April 25th.

The city will not issue any citations from the cameras until the appeal issue is decided.