Starting Nov. 3, drivers who speed through the new camera-enforced school zones in Syracuse will receive a $50 fine in the mail. It marks the end of a warning period where more than 95,000 notices were issued in just four weeks.
Most of the drivers were caught on some of the city’s busiest thoroughfares: James, South Geddes, S. Salina, and W. Brighton. Chief Operating Officer with the city Connor Muldoon said he isn’t surprised by the high numbers.
“That really demonstrated the need for this program,” he said. “If we’re having 60,000 people within a two-week period speed through a school zone while school’s in session, we know that there’s a problem and this is the best way to address that problem.”…