The city has again extended the contract of the city’s beleaguered but longtime red-light camera vendor, RedFlex Traffic Systems, for another three months.

This is the third time the contract has been extended and comes as Redflex’s current contract is set to end on January 31st while a new vendor, Xerox Local Solutions, is working to take over complete control of the cameras.

“It’s being extended for three months,” city spokesman Bill McCaffrey said. “They’re confident and we’re confident they will complete the transition by the end of this extension. They’re doing things as quickly as they can but we want to make sure things are done correctly.”

So far Xerox has control of 229 of the city’s 352 red light cameras.

Under city agreements, Redflex will continue to get paid for cameras they operate until Xerox moves them over to their system. As an incentive to move as quickly as possible, Xerox can only generate revenue when a camera is brought over under their management.

Read more at DNA Info Chicago.

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