Chesterfield County is placing cameras in school zones to enforce speed limits, protect students and boost road safety. Cameras will be installed at multiple schools this winter to ensure drivers follow posted speed limits in active school zones. The cameras will enforce speed limits only while flashing warning lights are active during school hours. On school days, the warning lights are on for one hour in the morning as students arrive and one hour in the afternoon as students depart.
A spring 2023 study indicated that speeding is a significant issue in active school zones throughout Chesterfield County. For example, during five days at Reams Road Elementary, an average of 48 percent of drivers sped through the school zone in the morning and 50 percent sped through the school zone in the afternoon.
Automated speed cameras will first be installed outside these schools:
Beulah Elementary
Marguerite Christian Elementary
Cosby High
Ecoff Elementary
Grange Hall Elementary
Manchester Middle
Midlothian High
Moseley Elementary
Old Hundred Elementary
Reams Road Elementary
Swift Creek Elementary
Bettie Weaver Elementary
Woolridge Elementary
After the installation of each camera, a 30-day warning period will begin so drivers can adjust their behavior. During this time, violators will receive warnings instead of citations when their vehicles are documented going more than 10 mph over the posted speed limit in an active school zone. Speeding after the warning period will result in a $100 fine.