Anne Arundel County installing more speed cameras in school zones

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ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Md. - The Anne Arundel County Police Department is installing more speed cameras in the coming days in several school zones in the area, the department announced Friday.

What we know:

The speed cameras will be installed in five school zones in the county, and will be activated on Nov. 17.

The cameras will be at:

• Tracy's Elementary School on Dale Road in Tracy's Landing
• Central Middle School on Central Avenue in Edgewater
• Southern Middle School on Solomon Islands Road in Lothian
• Southern High School on Solomon Islands Road in Harwood
• Davidsonville Elementary School on W. Central Avenue in Davidsonville

The cameras will be active from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday. The cameras won't start issuing tickets right away, but after a 15-day warning period.

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The backstory:

The cameras are part of Anne Arundel County's Automated Traffic Enforcement Speed Program, which started in June 2024.

What we don't know:

These five cameras will join the other 35 cameras already active in school zones around the county. The county's website also lists four other schools where cameras are planned — Edgewater Elementary, Marley Elementary, School of the Incarnation and Von Bokkelen Elementary — but there is no listed info on when they are scheduled to be installed or activated.