Cedar Rapids and Des Moines officials “misinformed” the court about who bears the cost of removing traffic camera equipment on primary highways and interstates in their cities, according to an order late Wednesday from a Polk County judge.

Judge Scott D. Rosenberg earlier in the day had released an order allowing the cities to keep the cameras in place as long as they are not issuing citations because of the “substantial” cost the cities would bear to remove them.

“The court is now informed that they (the cities) would not bear these costs,” Rosenberg wrote. “The court finds this a significant omission.”

The contract calls for third-party traffic camera vendor, GATSO USA, of Beverly, Mass. — not the cities — to pay any equipment-related costs and any costs related to remaining in compliance with the law, The Gazette has reported.

Read the full article on the Cedar Rapids Gazette website.