The provincial government is in the process of distributing 8,000 speed camera tickets totaling $3.12-million.

In a statement, Government Services Minister Mike Goosney says ticketing through the program was paused on September 25th due to the Canada Post labour dispute.

He says tickets were not created or served last fall to avoid the risk of not being distributed within legislated timelines. Violations were, however, still captured.

Now that the postal dispute is over, Goosney says government is resuming the process of creating and serving tickets, which will be done in a phased approach.

There are seven speed cameras currently in use throughout the metro region, as well as along the Veterans Memorial, and the TCH in Gander.

Goosney says 10 cameras in total will be established under the current service contract, and they have locations in mind for the remaining three.

One is going in near Corner Brook, one near Deer Lake, and the final one will be placed in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.

To date, more than $45,000 in fines have been collected.