City releases new speed camera locations going live next week

CHICAGO (WGN) — Drivers will need to keep their eyes peeled in the week ahead as a handful of newly installed speed cameras will be going live around the city.

On Thursday, the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) announced the locations of 16 new speed cameras that will soon be going live.

The cameras are the latest additions in CDOT’s effort to install 50 new speed cameras around the city over the course of the year.

CDOT shared the following list of the 16 locations where the cameras would be going live next week:

• 1455 West Grand Avenue at Bickerdike Square Park in West Town.
• 2716 West Logan Blvd at Lorenz Brentano Elementary School in Logan Square.
• 2310 East 103rd St at Trumbull Park in South Deering.
• 2728 South Archer Avenue at Palmisano Park in Bridgeport.
• 3510 West 55th Street at Senka Park in Gage Park.
• 8740 South Vincennes Street at Mahalia Jackson High School in Auburn Gresham.
• 1341 West Jackson Boulevard at Skinner Park in the West Loop.
• 3665 North Austin Avenue at James North Thorp Elementary School in Portage Park.
• 5059 North Damen Avenue at Winnemac Park in Lincoln Square.
• 6824 West Foster Avenue at John West Garvy Elementary School in Union Ridge.
• 220 West Fullerton Avenue in Lincoln Park
• 5432 North Central Avenue at James B. Farnsworth Elementary School in Jefferson Park.
• 4118 North Ashland Avenue at Lake View High School in Lake View.
• 4714 North Ashland Avenue at Chase Park in Ravenswood.
• 5857 North Broadway at Broadway Armory Park in Edgewater.
• 7115 North Sheridan Road at Loyola Park in Rogers Park.

Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (48th Ward) confirmed to WGN News on Thursday that two of the cameras would be going up in the Edgewater area, though only one of them is set to go live next week.

Manaa-Hoppenworth said the installation of a second camera near Park 559 is planned for the spring or summer.

According to CDOT, the new cameras will go live on April 1, but fines will not be going out right away. For the first 30 after each of the cameras go live, warning notices without fines will be sent out to drivers who exceed the speed limit by 6 mph or more.

After the 30-day warning period and a 14-day blackout period, citations with fines will begin going out to offending drivers.

CDOT said drivers caught traveling 6 to 10 mph over the speed limit will be fined $35, while those traveling 11 mph or more over the limit will be fined $100.

School zone enforcement hours will be limited to 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. From 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., the speed limit is 20 mph when children are present. The limit will revert to the posted speed limit when no children are present. The posted speed limit will then apply from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Park zone cameras will be active during the hours that the park is open, which is typically from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., seven days a week. 

All of the speed enforcement Safety Zones around Chicago, where cameras are present, are marked with signs and pavement markings to notify drivers.

According to CDOT, the cameras are one of several tools that the city uses to improve traffic safety, encourage safer driving, and reduce crashes.

Visit the City’s Data portal to view a full list of locations where speed cameras are currently issuing citations.