Safety Cameras Relocated from a Jahnke Road Location to Cary Street Road
The two Safety
Cameras, formerly located in the 1200 block of Jahnke Road, in front of
Westover Hills Elementary School, have been relocated to the 4400 block of
Cary Street Road, behind Mary Munford Elementary School. The 30-day grace
period at the new location will begin today. Violations generate warnings until
Thursday, April 2 – when citations to the registered owners of the vehicles begin.
Following a review of
Safety Camera data, the Richmond Police Department and the Richmond Department
of Public Works determined to move the cameras from a location with fewer
recorded speeding violations to an area identified as a higher priority for
traffic safety.
“After reviewing
Safety Camera data, along with observations and traffic analysis showing
speeding and heavy vehicle volume on Cary Street Road, we determined the
cameras at Westover Hills Elementary School should be relocated,” said RPD
Special Operations Division Captain Anthony Jackson. “More than 18,000
vehicles travel past the Mary Munford Elementary School campus on Cary Street
Road each day, making it critical for drivers to slow down along this busy
corridor, particularly during student arrival and dismissal times.”
With this relocation,
Mary Munford Elementary School will be the only school in the program with two
sets of Safety Cameras. The first set of cameras is installed at the front of
the school in the 4500 block of Grove Avenue.
An upcoming road
construction project on Jahnke Road, which is expected to reduce vehicle speeds
during repairs, was also a contributing factor in the decision to relocate the
cameras. In the future, should data indicate that another school location presents
a higher safety priority, Safety Cameras may be moved accordingly.
At the new location,
Safety Cameras will operate from 7:15 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. and from 2:15 p.m. to
4:15 p.m. on days when school is in session.
Data collected by
Safety Cameras is used solely for the purpose of the safety program and is not
permitted to be used in other investigations.
Locations of Safety
Cameras:
Huguenot High School, 7900 block of
Forest Hill Avenue
Linwood Holton
Elementary,
1600 block of Laburnum Avenue
Lucille Brown Middle
School,
6300 block of Jahnke Road
Mary Munford
Elementary School,
4400 block of Cary Street Road
Mary Munford
Elementary School,
4500 block of Grove Avenue
McClenney Elementary
School,
3800 block of Chamberlayne Avenue
MLK, Jr. Middle
School,
1000 block of Mosby Street
Patrick Henry School
of Science and Arts,
3400 block of Semmes Avenue
Richmond High School
for the Arts,
4000 block of Midlothian Turnpike
River City Middle
School,
6300 block of Hull Street Road
Swansboro Elementary
School,
3100 block of Midlothian Turnpike
Thomas Boushall
Middle School,
3400 block of Hopkins Road
Thomas Jefferson High School, 1300 block of Malvern Avenue
For
more information on the Safety Camera Program:
https://rva.gov/police/safety-camera-program
For
more information on DPW and Vision Zero:
https://www.rva.gov/public-works/vision-zero
