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CEDAR RAPIDS — Two speed enforcement cameras in Cedar Rapids that were nixed last year — a long with most traffic enforcement cameras around the state — by the Iowa Department of Transportation will soon start issuing citations again after an appeal to the DOT by the Cedar Rapids Police Department was approved more than a year after it was submitted.

Under a new state law passed in 2024 , cities in Iowa had to request approval from the DOT before using automated traffic enforcement, or ATE, cameras to issue tickets for speeding.

The City of Cedar Rapids submitted approval requests for the 13 ATE cameras that were in operation before the law was passed, and when the decisions were announce

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