Published on August 28, 2025
Media Contact: Angela Brown Communications Program Coordinator abrown@kirklandwa.gov
KIRKLAND, Wash. – With the start of the new school year on Tuesday, September 2, the City of Kirkland reminds residents and commuters that automated traffic cameras will once again be active in school zones to help protect students walking and biking to class. Throughout the school year, cameras will enforce the 20 mile-per-hour school zone speed limit in the Finn Hill combined school zone along 84th Avenue Northeast, which serves Carl Sandburg and Henry David Thoreau elementary schools, Discovery Community School, Finn Hill Middle School, and the Environmental and Adventure School. Cameras are also active in school zones at Lakeview Elementary, Kamiakin Middle School, and Rose Hill and John Muir elementary schools. The 20-mile-per-hour speed limit is active only when the beacons are flashing on the school speed zone signs. Revenue from the school zone speed enforcement program is dedicated to projects that improve pedestrian and bicycle safety, including through Kirkland’s Neighborhood Safety Program. For more information about school zone speed enforcement, including active times and camera locations, visit the City’s website.
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