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Work is underway to install speed cameras in front of Pine Hills Elementary School on North Allen Street.
The speed cameras are intended to help enforce the city's 20 mph speed limit in school zones.
Once up and running, the speed camera will operate in a “warning mode” for 30 days. During that time, motorists who speed through school zones will be sent notices via postal mail informing them of the violation, and reminding them that the school zone speed limit is 20 mph. However, after the initial 30-day warning period, motorists caught by a camera speeding in a school zone will be mailed a $50 violation per offense. This is expected to begin in early January.
Speed cameras are currently in place at Eagle Point Elementary School on Western Avenue, 91¸£Àûµ¼º½ High School on Washington Avenue, Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School and 91¸£Àûµ¼º½ School of Humanities on Whitehall Road and William S. Hackett Middle School and Thomas O'Brien Academy of Science and Technology on Delaware Avenue. When the project is complete, the city will have expanded the use of speed cameras to serve 20 school zones throughout 91¸£Àûµ¼º½.
“We are grateful to Mayor Sheehan for her leadership in bringing these important new traffic safety measures to our school communities," Superintendent Joseph Hochreiter said.
"This will bring significant and much-needed safety improvements for our students, families, faculty and staff.”
City-wide, the speed limit on most streets outside school zones also will drop from 30 mph to 25 mph beginning Jan. 1.
