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Safe Routes update: new school zones, Summit safety work and early speed‑camera results

Charlottesville City School Board · April 1, 2026
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Summary

City and school Safe Routes staff briefed the board on new school-zone code changes, infrastructure projects and a Summit Elementary safety plan; a speed-camera pilot (6 cameras) issued about 753 warnings/citations in its first warning/citation period with $50 fines and most offenders not repeating.

City and school staff presented an update March 31 on the Safe Routes to School program, new school-zone rules, Summit Elementary safety challenges and an early evaluation of a speed-camera pilot.

The city updated its code to expand school‑zone options and set a 750-foot school area boundary; the division and city will add school zones at four schools (Trailblazer, CHS, Summit, Sunrise), with CHS scheduled to receive two zones and Melbourne Avenue reduced to 25 mph. The…

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