Phoenix is spending up to $12 million over the next five years on traffic enforcement cameras after the City Council approved a contract Wednesday with a Mesa-based company.
The move puts money down on a plan approved last fall. The only no vote was cast by the only Phoenix City Council member to join since then, in part over efforts by state lawmakers to outlaw traffic cameras.
Vice Mayor Ann O’Brien said she would prefer the police ticket speeders and red-light runners, but there simply aren’t enough…