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Coburg waits for green light to ticket speeders along I-5.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 30-OCT-04 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Coburg waits for green light to ticket speeders along I-5.(Government)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Karen McCowan The Register-Guard

COBURG - Thousands of dollars of Interstate 5 speeding-ticket fines may soon begin flowing once again into the city's coffers.

The city's annexation of 60 acres east of I-5 becomes final Wednesday, placing a stretch of the interstate inside city limits and allowing the city to cite freeway speeders into its municipal court.

The money will help the city cover an unexpected shortfall of $230,000 or more.

The new revenue could be significant for a city where traffic fines - both on I-5 and on local roads - made up nearly 45 percent of the $1.7 million general fund budget last year. Coburg Municipal Court records show that the city of 1,000 collected...

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