When students return to school in Albemarle County after the Labor Day holiday, anyone driving past the Lambs Lane campus on Hydraulic Road will have their speed monitored by newly authorized cameras.
“The goals of automated traffic enforcement are to encourage a change in driver behavior and to increase driver awareness of the impacts of speed-related crashes in school and work zones,” reads an information release sent out Monday. “Driving too fast for conditions is one of the most prevalent factors contributing to traffic crashes.”
Violations will not be enforced until October 21 but warnings will be issued beginning September 3 to those who are exceeding the speed limit by ten miles an hour. When citations begin, they will be $100 per violation but will not incur a point penalty.
The General Assembly passed a law in 2020 that allowed localities to install the cameras in school zones and in work zones. The final version of HB1442 passed the Senate 22 to 18 and the House of Delegates 48 to 44.
Albemarle Supervisors held a public hearing on August 3, 2023 on the local ordinance
According to CBS19 News, Greene County began using the cameras in school zones this past February and they followed up with the story in March.
In December, the Nelson County Board of Supervisors denied a resolution to allow cameras in school zones on a 3-2 vote.
County Administrator Candace McGarry said in an email to Charlottesville Community Engagement there has been no further discussion about installing the cameras after that decision.
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