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But, we ll have to see if the city will honor the resolutions or if any change in the law is needed.
At an event Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown attended Tuesday, we tried to talk to him on camera about the school zone speed camera refunds, but he declined to do an interview, however the mayor did touch on refunds last week and was asked if the tickets will be valid. They will be valid because as we ve been saying the intent of the council wasn t what actually was written in the ordinance, according to the law department, the law department in their legal reading of the ordinance that was passed by the council it actually shows that the cameras would be off on September 1, Brown said.
Buffalo is in the process of changing over nearly 700 school zone speed limit signs
This is just the latest move that has been made in a saga of issues related to Buffalo s school zone camera program. Many lawmakers call the program a failure. Author: Jeff Preval Updated: 11:44 PM EDT July 13, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. We re working to sort out some confusion regarding the City of Buffalo s school speed zone camera program, which has had a bumpy ride ever since the program launched two years ago.
On Monday, we reported on how some of the speed limit signs in city school zones have been changed over.
The change came with no official information released from the City of Buffalo ahead of time. Author: Jeff Preval Updated: 7:17 PM EDT July 12, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. Drive around many parts of the City of Buffalo and you ll see the school zone speed posted as 15 mph.
But on Bailey Avenue near EduKids Early Childhood Education Center, new signs have been put up showing the speed limit is 20 mph.
Buffalo s parking commissioner Kevin Helfer says the city has started to install the new speed limit signs based on the Common Council s action in May to slightly raise the limit, and pull the plug on the program, unless a school or a majority of council members authorizes a camera be turned on.