Alert: Speed cameras are active in these Columbus zones during summer school
School is out for the summer — but if you’re speeding through a school zone in Columbus, you still could get a ticket. School zone speed limits still will be enforced at designated schools during the Muscogee County School District’s summer learning program, which runs from June 2-26.
Speed cameras and flashing lights will continue to operate at these schools during arrival and dismissal times Mondays-Thursdays. According to a June 1 news release from the Columbus Police Department, 24 of MCSD’s 54 schools still are in session and will be enforcing the school speed limit.
Here’s a list of the schools involved and the times speed enforcement will be active:
Elementary schools
Flashing lights: 7-8 a.m. and 11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Brewer
Forrest Road
Johnson
Key
Lonnie Jackson
Mary A. Buckner
Midland
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Reese Road
Wynnton
Middle schools
Flashing lights: 8-9 a.m. and 12:50-1:30 p.m.
Arnold
Baker
Double Churches
East Columbus
Eddy
Rothschild
High schools
Flashing lights: 9:30-10 a.m. and 1:50-2:30 p.m.
Carver
Columbus
Hardaway
Jordan
Kendrick
Northside
Shaw
Spencer
Automated speed enforcement cameras were launched at the beginning of last school year as part of the School Zone Safety Program — a collaboration among CPD, MCSD and the Illinois-based company Redspeed USA.
Video cameras use license plate recognition software to record speed violations and capture a photo of the vehicle’s tag. The photo and the citation are mailed to the vehicle’s owner about 10 days later. Drivers can appeal a citation through an affidavit or by requesting a hearing. They can be excused from a citation by proving the car was stolen or by proving they weren’t the driver and providing the driver’s name.
Drivers are cited for going 10 miles per hour over the speed limit. The first ticket is $75. Subsequent citations will cost drivers $125.
CPD is urging drivers to slow down, watch for children and remain alert around designated summer learning campuses. The department also said drivers should anticipate increased traffic and plan accordingly.
