WASHINGTON — With school back in session for thousands of students across the Puget Sound area, drivers need to slow down, or they'll get nailed by several new speed zone cameras put in over the summer.
New cameras were just installed in several local cities across the Puget Sound. Below is a map of all local schools -- from Seattle to Fife -- with schools speeding zone cameras. Zoom in and out on map for Seattle area. Scroll down for full list.
Drivers will have to go 20 MPH or slower when children are present, or else they'll get a ticket in the mail.
Five new cameras in Seattle
In places like Seattle, where a strike is in effect, cameras won’t be looking for speeders until classes begin.
Before this year, nine Seattle schools had photo enforced school speed zones. Now, there are five new cameras at Northgate Elementary, Montlake Elementary, Mercer Middle School, K-5 STEM & Arbor Heights Elementary in West Seattle, and Rainier View Elementary. Once school begins and children are present, there will be a one-month grace period before citations will be sent in the mail.
Last year, more than $46,000 drivers got tickets from school speed zone cameras in Seattle. Tickets from speeding cameras bought in more than $6 million for the city. That money is redirected to safety improvements in school zones.
Two new cameras in Kent
Watch your speed driving by Meridian Elementary School in Kent. It's one of two new speed zone cameras this year.
Chris Loftis with the Kent School District says they know the cameras work because the number of tickets at two other Kent schools have gone down in the past two years. Drivers are realizing it's a responsibility.
"Not just the schools, not just the parents, but every living being in the community -- that's what these cameras are about," said Loftis.
Since the cameras at Neely-O'Brien and Sunrise elementaries in Kent were so effective last year, photo enforcement cameras were installed at Meridian Elementary and Millennium Elementary this summer. Speeders will get warnings until September 28, then tickets will go out.
No more warnings in Fife
After a 30-day trial period last May, near Fife High School, Columbia Junior High, and All Saints School, tickets are being issued now.
The fines
In Seattle, drivers going more than 20 mph when children are present will receive a $189 ticket. In Kent, drivers will be ticketed $124 – unless they’re traveling more than 10 mph over the 20 mph limit – then it’s a $248 fine. In Fife, the cost of speeding in a school is between $132 and $268, depending on how fast you're going.
There are also photo enforcement cameras in Bellevue, Lynnwood, Federal Way, Issaquah, and Des Moines. The complete list of Puget Sound cities with school speed zone cameras is below.
Bellevue Schools:
- Stevenson Elem - 14200 NE 8th
- Lake Hills Elem - 14300 SE 12th
- Sunset Elem - 4400 W. Lake Sammamish Pkwy SE
Des Moines Schools:
- Woodmont Elem - 26454 16th Ave S
- Midway Elem - 22447 24th Ave S
- Pacific MS - 22705 24th Ave S
Federal Way Schools:
- Panther Lake Elem - 34424 1st Ave S
- Twin Lakes Elem - 4400 SW 320th St
- Saghalie MS - 33914 19th Ave SW
Fife Schools:
- Fife High School - 5616 20th St E, Fife
- Columbia Jr. High - 2901 54th Ave E
- All Saints School - 2323 54th Ave E
Issaquah Schools:
- Clark Elem - 500 2nd Ave SE
- Issaquah HS - 700 2nd Ave SE
- Issaquah MS - 400 2nd Ave SE
- Tiger Mt. Community HS - 355 SE Evans Ln
Kent Schools:
- Meridian Elem (new) - 25621 140th Ave SE
- Millenium Elem (new) - 1919 SE 270th St
- Neely-O'Brien Elem - 6300 S 236th St
- Sunrise Elem - 22300 132nd Ave SE
Lake Forest Park Schools:
- Lake Forest Park Elem - 18700 35th Ave NE
- Brookside Elem - 3300 NE 178th St
Lakewood Schools:
- Park Lodge Elem - 6300 100th Street SW
- Four Heroes - 10903 Gravelly Lake Drive SW
- Lockburn MS - 5431 Steilacoom Blvd.
- Harrison Prep School - 9101 Lakewood Dr SW
Longview Schools:
- Mint Valley Elem - 2745 38th Ave
- Cowlitz Valley Gardens Elem - 2644 30th Ave
- Olympic Elem - 1324 30th Ave
- St. Helen's Elem - 431 27th Ave
- Kessler Elem - 1902 Kessler Blvd.
- Mark Morris HS - 1602 Mark Morris Ct.
Lynnwood Schools:
- Meadowdale HS - 6002 168th St SW
- Lynnwood Elem - 18638 44th Ave W
Renton Schools:
- McKnight MS - 1200 Edmonds Ave NE
- Talbot Hill Elem - 2300 Talbot Road S
- Honey Dew Elem - 800 Union Ave NE
- Benson Hill Elem - 18665 116th Ave SE
- Cascade Elem - 16022 116th Ave SE
Seattle Schools:
- Broadview Thomson K-8 - 13052 Greenwood Ave N
- Olympic View Elem - 504 NE 95th St
- Eckstein MS - 3003 NE 75th St
- Bailey Gatzert Elem - 1301 E. Yesler Way
- Thurgood Marshall Elem - 2401 S Irving St
- Dearborn Park Elem - 2820 S Orcas St
- Gatewood Elem - 4320 SW Myrtle St
- Roxhill Elem - 9430 30th Ave Sw
- Holy Family School - SW Roxbury St & 18th Ave SW
- Northgate Elem - 11725 1st Ave NE
- Montlake Elem - 2409 22nd Ave E
- Mercer MS - 1600 S Columbian Way
- K-5 STEM & Arbor Heights Elem - 5950 Delridge Way SW
- Rainier View Elem - 11650 Beacon Ave S
Tacoma Schools:
- McCarver Elem - 2300 J Street
- Stewart MS - 5000 Pacific Avenue
- Downing Elem - 5100 N 26th St
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