More than 200,000 citations for running red lights in Houston remain unpaid—keeping millions in fines from the city.

According to court documents, 276, 331 violations were unpaid at the close of business on Friday, Jan. 27.

If each citation was paid, the city of Houston would collect more than $27 million—that takes into consideration the initial $75 plus a $25 late fee for each delinquent citation.

More than 10,000 citations were issued between July 24, 2011 and August 24, 2011—the one month when the city turned the red light cameras back on after they were turned off following the November 2010 election.

City Attorney David Feldman told KPRC Local 2 that red light ticket violators are responsible for the fines even though the cameras are no longer operating in the city.

Information about the unpaid violations was included in court documents related to ongoing legal proceedings between the city of Houston and American Traffic Solutions, the red light camera company.

City leaders will decide next week whether to approve a settlement worth at least $4.8 million to ATS.