(Radio Iowa) – The cities that were denied approval to keep their speed cameras running do have another chance to make their case. The director of the D-O-T Systems Operations Bureau, Dave Lorenzen, says they would have to file an appeal.

Lorenzen says they would have to take legal action if their appeal was denied.

A seven member panel put together by the D-O-T’s top safety engineer review accident reports and other material that led them to approve 11 of 139 requests to keep the speed cameras in place.

This is the first round of reviews under the new law passed by the legislature to regulate the cameras. Lorenzen says it will be a yearly process for those who were approved and any city wishing to put up a new speed camera.

He says there could be new speed cameras approved or current ones dropped in the next review.

Lorenzen says they cities that did not receive approval for their speed cameras could still keep them up, but they can only issue warnings and cannot collect fines from motorists. It may not be an option for cities as the revenue generated from the fines is used to fund their operation.