Loop 101 Cams Shut Down For Review

The photo enforcement cameras will be shut off.

That's because a nine month trial period is almost over.

"At 12:01 a.m. tomorrow the enforcement phase will conclude," said Officer Dave Pubins with Scottsdale Police.

The photo radar cameras that have been snapping pictures of speeding drivers between the Shea Boulevard and Scottsdale Road exits for will be covered up after midnight Monday night.

Publins said even though bags will be placed over the cameras, it's not a sign for you to speed.

"We sincerely hope that people don't choose to speed with this phase ending however there will be marked and unmarked vehicles enforcing the traffic laws," Pubins said.

The city of Scottsdale said it will keep the cameras active to collect data for research purposes. The data will be turned over to the city in January, when the City Council will decide whether to keep the cameras.

The city has already said it believes the cameras are working. Scottsdale officials estimated that less than 1 percent of the cars on the Loop 101 have been driving 76 mph or faster since the cameras were installed. Officials said that number was closer to 50 percent before the cameras appeared.

The cameras have cited more than 130,000 drivers for speeding along the Loop 101, earning more than $1 million in fines for the city.