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Northglenn council reviews safety-sensitive traffic zones and signals interest in automated speed enforcement pilot
Summary
After a year of safety-sensitive zone enforcement data, Police Chief Jim May recommended focusing resources on Community Center Drive and Melody Drive and proposed piloting automated speed-enforcement systems; council asked staff to return in Q1 2025 with cost, legal and program details.
Police Chief Jim May presented Northglenn City Council on Nov. 25 with data from the city’s safety-sensitive zones program (adopted under Ordinance 18 45) covering Aug. 2023 through July 2024 and urged targeted follow-up in several corridors.
May said the program’s intent was to change driver behavior via increased enforcement, visible signage and—where appropriate—doubled fines in designated zones. The zones include Fox Run Parkway (Ward 1), Irma Drive (Ward 2), Community Center Drive (Ward 3) and Melody Drive (Ward 4). Over the period, officers…
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