New Speed Cameras, Speed Limit Reductions To Take Effect In Alexandria

ALEXANDRIA, VA — Three additional speed camera locations and two speed limit reductions are coming to Alexandria's roads, the city government announced Friday.

In the spring, the city is installing speed cameras at:

• Alexandria City High School, King Street Campus (King Street, between Quaker Lane and Scroggins Road)
• Alexandria City High School, Minnie Howard Campus (Braddock Road, between Marlee Way and Marlboro Drive)
• William Ramsay Elementary School (North Beauregard Street, between North Morgan Street and Roanoke Avenue)

School zones are about a quarter mile in length, and signage will inform drivers that they are entering a speed camera zone. The speed limit in these school zones is 15 mph when the signage is flashing. Speed cameras are active when the signage is flashing, typically during arrival and departure from schools.

Under Virginia law, localities may use speed cameras in school zones during active school crossing times as well as eligible highway work zones. Speed cameras are already in place at Francis Hammond Middle School (Seminary Road, between Kenmore Avenue and North Jordan Street), John Adams Elementary School and Ferdinand T. Day Elementary School (North Beauregard Street, between North Highview Lane and Reading Avenue) and George Washington Middle School (Mount Vernon Avenue, between Braddock Road and Luray Avenue).

Another change coming in April is a speed limit reduction from 35 mph to 25 mph on South Pickett Street from Duke Street to Edsall Road and Eisenhower Avenue from South Van Dorn Street to Telegraph Road. The city has already implemented speed limit reductions to 25 mph on major roadways such as North Beauregard Street, a section of West Braddock Road, a remaining section of Seminary Road and Richmond Highway.

The efforts to combat speeding are part of the city's Vision Zero initiative to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2028.