Kenmore to expand school zone traffic cameras
Sunday, November 3, 2024
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At the September 16, 2024 meeting, the City Council approved the KAPE program changes and expansion, including:
1. Photo enforcement will now apply 24/7 in the Kenmore Elementary School Zone on 73rd Avenue and also the Arrowhead Elementary School Zone on Juanita Drive.
This means drivers can receive a ticket anytime they are exceeding the regular speed limit of 30 mph, even when school zones are inactive.
The existing 20 mph limit will still be enforced when schools are in session.
2. The City Council also approved adding photo enforcement to the Inglemoor High School zone, where excessive speeding remains a problem despite the establishment of the existing school zone.
This new enforcement location does not yet have a confirmed timeline, but a warning period is planned to begin in early 2025.
Warning period begins November 2, 2024
On Saturday, November 2, a warning period for the new enforcement measures will begin. During this period, drivers exceeding the speed limit will receive warnings instead of fines.
Fines for speeding violations in these school zones will begin on January 1, 2025.
The KAPE program has exceeded expectations in improving safety for the neighborhoods served by the cameras. In the school zones of Kenmore Elementary and Arrowhead Elementary, the number of speeding drivers during school zone hours has plummeted from over 95% to just 1.5%. Average speeds during school zone hours have dropped from over 30 mph to much closer to 20 mph.
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It's fine that the KAPE program is making the neighborhood safe however, how is the city planning to educate the people that this change has come into effect and that drivers around these school need to be extra cautious of the camera?
The signs at Arrowhead should state ‘photo enforcement 24 hours’ with lights on the sign so you can see it. That road is very dark and the city should spend all the money they make on tickets to add lights first and foremost to that area and update the signage to prevent accidents. They also have the camera set up going down a hill so if you go two miles an hour over you get a ticket. Very misleading. :( Not everyone lives around that area and are unaware of the new rules. True people shouldn’t speed but two miles over on a hill at night is subjective in that dark area.
It’s a money grab and nothing more. They want to catch people not educate people to slow down
City should make the school zone signs more visible, right now the school zone signs are not very visible. Unless you live nearby and already knew it is school zone, for people who don’t live nearby and don’t know it’s school zone, it’s hard for them to see the school zone signs while driving.please help children safe
I received and paid a school zone ticket near Arrowhead Elementary at 7:23 PM. I understand I was speeding. However, the flashing lights weren't on, and there was no clear warning that the area is now enforced 24/7. I know this won't change anything, but I wanted to leave a comment because it's misleading for drivers who rely on those signs to know when school zones are active
The Kenmore Elementary speed zone needs adjustments... namely, school zone traffic zones need much better school zone warning signs placed prior to the speed changing signs... when the speed zones prior to the school are 35 mph or more and always have been, you need a better warning system (flashing signs). Otherwise, it's a speed trap. Top priority must be to warn drivers to slow, otherwise your priority is too trap cars for the money... Anyway, you catch my drift...
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