Lake Forest Park and Shoreline officials discuss expanding camera program, sidewalks and Safe Routes grant strategy

Lake Forest Park Mayor Tom Price and Shoreline School officials on May 8 discussed expanding speed-camera coverage and short-term pedestrian measures near Brookside Elementary and Lakehurst Park Elementary to reduce vehicle speeds and improve routes to school.

The discussion focused on data from an existing camera corridor and plans to use revenues — which the mayor said state statute requires be spent on pedestrian and multimodal safety in the areas where they are generated — to fund 10% engineering work that would make projects eligible for Safe Routes to School grants. “We don't look at revenue numbers from a success standpoint. We look at the speed numbers,” Mayor Tom Price said, adding the corridor’s average speed fell “from an average speed of over 31 miles an hour in the corridor down to 23 and a quarter.”

Why it matters: officials said slowing vehicle speeds and completing pedestrian connections around the two elementary schools are…