County Activates 3 New Speed Cameras

Speed cameras will be activated in three new Baltimore County school zones on Monday.

The new cameras are part of a change . Another camera, the 16th for the county, will be installed in Perry Hall next year.

The new cameras will be located in the following school zones in Catonsville, Essex and Middle River:

• Middle River Middle School, 800 block of Middle River Road
• Eastern Technical High School, 1100 block of Mace Avenue
• Catonsville High School, 500 block of South Rolling Road

The cameras will allow traffic in both directions to be monitored and photographed. The original cameras could only monitor traffic in one direction.

The 16th camera is scheduled for installation on Ebeneezer Road in front of after Jan. 1.

A dozen other cameras remain active at the following locations:

• Arbutus Middle School, 1200 block of Sulphur Spring Road (eastbound)
• Woodlawn High School, 1700 block of Woodlawn Drive (southbound)
• Woodlawn Middle School/Woodmoor Elementary School, 3000 block of Essex Road (northbound)
• Milford Mill Academy, 3800 block of Washington Avenue (southbound)
• Wellwood International School, 2900 block of Smith Avenue (eastbound)
• Old Court Middle School, 4600 block of Old Court Road (eastbound)
• Rodgers Forge/Dumbarton Middle School, 200 block of Stevenson Lane (eastbound)
• Halstead Academy, 7500 block of Hillsway Road (southbound)
• Padonia Elementary School, 9800 block of Greenside Drive (northbound)
• Dulaney High School, 200 block of Padonia Road (southbound)
• Parkville High School, 2700 block of Putty Hill Avenue (eastbound)
• Dundalk Middle School/Dundalk Elementary School, 7000 block of Dunmanway (westbound)

This is the first time the county has changed locations of the 15 original speed cameras approved by the County Council last year.

The 2010 law allowed the county to place the cameras in school zones only. Motorists are issued $40 citations when they exceed the posted speed limit by more than 12 mph.

The cameras are in operation Monday to Friday between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Earlier this year, the council voted to that could be placed in school zones in the county.