SPY cameras to crack down on drivers using bus lanes and blocking bus stops will be operational in Derby from "towards the end of November".
They will go live in Siddals Road, Friar Gate, near Bridge Street, Nottingham Road, on the approach to Pentagon Island, and at the bus stop outside the railway station.
Anyone caught driving or parking in a bus lane or parking in the bus stop without good reason will be issued with a fine.
The fine for using a bus lane will be £30 if paid within 14 days, rising to £60 after that time.
This will go up to £90 after 28 days if the charge remains unpaid and the registered keeper of the car has failed to contact the council.
It is understood that the charge for parking in the bus stop will be £70, reduced to £35 if paid within 14 days. All the fine levels are set nationally.
Councillor Asaf Afzal, Derby City Council cabinet member for neighbourhoods and Streetpride, said the move was not about making money.
He said: "It's really important people follow the rules – more than anything this is important for the safety of road users and pedestrians. Lots of people rely on public transport as their main source of travel to get to work, school or to shop so we need to keep our bus lanes free of any traffic that should not be using them.
"This is not a money-making exercise. If motorists stay out of the bus lanes then they will not incur penalties and the council will not make a penny. We want motorists to abide by the law to keep public transport and traffic flowing as much as possible."
The council said that, for a time after the cameras start operating, warning notices will be issued to drivers caught using the bus lanes.
A spokeswoman said: "This is to ensure drivers know when and where they've committed an offence in an attempt to prevent them from doing it again."
The council has said none of the cameras are currently switched on but the ones outside the train station bus stop are already attracting attention, having been put up in July.
One camera is to discourage vehicles, except for buses and cycles, from driving into the area in front of the railway station and the other to discourage cars from parking and dropping off in the bus stop in Railway Terrace.
The spokeswoman said: "Once the bridge on London Road is reopened there will be an increase to the number of buses that will use this bus stop and the other facilities in front of the railway station and we need to ensure that they can gain unhindered access."
The council had previously said it was planning to use existing CCTV cameras but has now decided to go with static ones.
The spokeswoman said: "After a concentrated period of testing and monitoring, our consultant determined that the existing CCTV system was not wholly compatible with the back office systems that the council uses for its mobile CCTV car. As a consequence, new static cameras were installed at the locations previously mentioned."
