Crime & Law
Warning Notices Begin for 16 New Speed Cameras Near Chicago Schools and Parks. Here’s Where They Are
A speed camera is pictured in a file photo. (WTTW News)
Warning notices are being issued at 16 new speed camera locations in Chicago starting Tuesday and through the end of this month, before fines are scheduled to begin.
After the 30-day warning period without fines and a 14-day blackout period, citations will begin being issued to the registered owners of vehicles going over the speed limit by six miles per hour or more.
Drivers traveling 6 to 10 mph over the speed limit will be fined $35. Those traveling 11 mph or more over the limit will be fined $100.
Below are the locations of the new cameras, installed near schools and parks:
- 1455 W. Grand Ave. – Bickerdike Square Park
- 2716 W. Logan Blvd. – Lorenz Brentano Elementary School
- 2310 E. 103rd St. – Trumbull Park
- 2728 S. Archer Ave. – Palmisano Park
- 3510 W. 55th St. – Senka Park
- 8740 S. Vincennes St. – Mahalia Jackson High School
- 1341 W. Jackson Blvd. – Skinner Park
- 3665 N .Austin Ave. – Ole A. Thorp Elementary Scholastic Academy
- 5059 N. Damen Ave. – Winnemac Park
- 6824 W. Foster Ave. – John W. Garvy Elementary School
- 220 W. Fullerton Ave. – Lincoln Park
- 5432 N. Central Ave. – James B. Farnsworth Elementary School
- 4118 N. Ashland Ave. – Lake View High School
- 4714 N. Ashland Ave. – Chase Park
- 5857 N. Broadway – Broadway Armory Park
- 7115 N. Sheridan Rd. – Loyola Park
The 16 cameras are part of the total 50 new cameras that are expected to be installed throughout this year. The other locations have not been released.
Enforcement hours for school zone cameras are limited to 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday through Friday. From 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., the speed limit is 20 mph when children are present and reverts to the posted speed limit when no children are present. From 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., the posted speed limit applies. For park zone cameras, enforcement is limited to the hours when each park is open, typically from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., seven days a week.
Contact Eunice Alpasan: [email protected]
