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Council weighs school‑zone speed cameras as stoplight camera contract is renewed
Summary
Police and public‑works staff told council that expanding automated enforcement to school zones could reduce severe crashes, but that adding speed cameras will raise contract costs and requires a city ordinance and an implementation plan.
Virginia Beach police and public works staff briefed City Council on the city’s red‑light camera program and on options to add automated speed enforcement in school and construction zones as the city negotiates a new camera contract.
Deputy Police Chief William Zalms reviewed the Photosafe stoplight camera program’s history, enforcement rules and results. The stoplight program, first piloted in 2005 and reinstated in 2009 after state legislation, uses 11 intersections selected with Public Works for high crash rates or pedestrian safety concerns. Zalms said the cameras have coincided with reductions in crashes—an average 37 percent reduction in nine of 11 monitored intersections, with some locations seeing 60–70 percent…
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