At work session, council debates bill to limit cap on speed cameras

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By Jay R. Thompson

The Baltimore County Council will vote next week on a bill that would eliminate a current limit on the number of school zones where speed cameras are allowed.

County code currently allows speed cameras in no more than 15 school zones, but 1st District Councilman Tom Quirk, who represents Catonsville and Arbutus, has introduced a bill to lift that restriction.

“The biggest difference with this bill is we’re just removing the limit,” Quirk told his fellow council members at the council’s Feb. 1 work session.

Seventh District Councilman and Chairman John Olszewski said the bill was “something I’m very supportive of.”

A few members of the public offered input on the subject, but some continued the debate about whether or not the county should have speed cameras at all.
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