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BRICK — The honeymoon is over for red-light runners at a busy intersection in Brick Township.

Beginning Monday, the township started issuing $85 fines to motorists caught running the red light by a camera at Brick Boulevard and Chambers Bridge Road, a hot spot for traffic accidents.

The program makes the Ocean County community the second in the state to implement the red-light camera system. Newark started issuing tickets in December.

Since Monday, Brick has already issued 69 summonses.

During the 31-day test period that ended Sunday night, the Brick Police Department issued 1,087 warnings to motorists for red light violations captured by the camera system, said department spokesman Capt. John Rein.

Do the math!  That’s $1,108,740 in revenue and $228,000 in expense to ATS.  Great return on investment.  Even the Morristown Town Council could grasp the logic of this for Morrsitown.

“The implementation of the red light camera system is one example of this department’s commitment to use technology to improve our effectiveness and efficiency,’’ Brick police chief Nils Bergquist said. “The use of the RLC system allows us to deploy our resources to other critical needs of our community while still addressing the risks associated with red light violations.’’

Brick Township has contracted with Arizona-based American Traffic Solutions Inc. to provide the service. Through the arrangement, the township did not pay for the installation of the cameras but will pay $19,000 a month to ATS.

Photographs and 12-second video clips of the license plates of the offending vehicles will be reviewed by ATS personnel and police, Rein said. The car’s registration and ownership will be verified with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission before any fine is issued, he said.

Fines will be issued when a vehicle has completely crossed the stop line after a traffic light turns red, Rein said. The cost is the same as if a motorist were stopped by a police officer, but the violation does not impose any points on a driver’s license.

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