One million images: That's the amount the Central Florida Expressway Authority reviews each week.

  • New Expressway technology reduces labor
  • Technology can quickly and accurately capture license plates
  • Expected to be implemented spring 2018

Just one employee reviews more than 3,000 a day.

But the image quality is... a little out of date. So CFX is spending $85 million on a new toll collection system with testing already taking place.

The amount of man-hours for imaging will be greatly reduced, saving CFX time and money while also being able to more accurately capture both front and rear license plates.

The new technology will also be able to identify the make and model of vehicles.

Although you won't notice any aesthetic changes with the new system, you might be surprised to know that the new toll collecting system will greatly aid law enforcement.

The toll readers are able to give law enforcement instantaneous information if they are looking for a specific vehicle, whether it's a part of a missing persons search such as an Amber alert or silver alert.

CFX's new imaging system can even tell whether the vehicle is reported stolen.

"A lot of people are concerned with the balance of government and these types of information, but remember, when people commit a crime, when they go missing, when a child gets abducted, usually the first thing they do is get in a vehicle,” said Sgt. Kim Montes of the Florida Highway Patrol.

“That vehicle is traveling in a certain location. If they go through a toll road where one of these plate readers is there, it's just going to get law enforcement the information quicker to solve that crime," Montes said.

After all of the tests are complete, CFX will begin implementing the new systems at 89 locations across their system. It will take about 10 months to complete the installation, and it should be up and running by spring 2018.