Cameras are in place to capture school-zone speeders in Bradenton and Sarasota
Photo-enforced cameras will once again be active at 10 schools in Bradenton and six schools in Sarasota for the 2025-26 school year, while the city of Holmes Beach will use a similar camera enforcement system for the first time. The city of Venice approved the use of two cameras, but they are not currently active.
The Manatee County Commission voted in March to discontinue using school zone cameras in unincorporated Manatee, but there are still posted speed limits in those zones with blinking yellow lights.
Any driver who is caught going 10 mph over the posted speed limit will receive a citation for $100.
The cameras will be in effect 30 minutes before the start of school until 30 minutes after the conclusion of the school day. They will not be used when school is not in session, such as holidays and weekends.
In Bradenton, cameras are in place at Ballard Elementary, Bradenton Christian, JP Miller Elementary, Manatee Elementary, Manatee High School, Moody Elementary, Sugg Middle School, Prine Elementary, Rogers Elementary and Sea Breeze Elementary.
In Sarasota, cameras are located at Tuttle Elementary, Sarasota Military Academy, Sarasota High School, Cardinal Mooney High School, Alta Vista Elementary and Southside Elementary.
At Sea Breeze Elementary last year, a driver was captured on camera going 78 mph in a 25 mph zone – 53 mph over.
"That's unacceptable," Bradenton police chief Josh Cramer said at a recent City Council meeting.
This article originally appeared on Sarasota Herald-Tribune: School-zone speed cameras return to Bradenton and Sarasota
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