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Alexandria activating new speed cameras as school year kicks off

Speed camera locations around Alexandria (image via City of Alexandria)

Alexandria’s new speed cameras have already issued over 3,500 warnings. Soon, the city says those will become speeding tickets.

The City ran a two-week warning period at the end of the last school year and will start another one beginning Monday, Aug. 21, as the new school year starts. The City warned that the speed cameras will begin ticketing starting Sept. 18.

There are five cameras set up in school zones around the city:

  • Francis Hammond Middle School (Seminary Road, between Kenmore Avenue and North Jordan Street)
  • John Adams Elementary School and Ferdinand T. Day Elementary School (North Beauregard Street, between North Highview Lane and Reading Avenue)
  • George Washington Middle School (Mount Vernon Avenue, between Braddock Road and Luray Avenue)

“The City selected the above locations using a data-driven process that considered factors such as crash history, traffic volumes, vehicle speeds, and age and number of students,” the City said in a release. “Each school zone is approximately ¼ mile in length and has a 15 MPH speed limit when school signs are flashing, which is when the speed cameras will be active.”

The release noted that signs have been installed to inform drivers they are entering a speed camera zone.

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