{"id":161285,"date":"2026-02-19T15:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T15:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/161285\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T15:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T15:31:15","slug":"tampa-officials-to-vote-on-school-zone-speed-cameras-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/161285\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa officials to vote on school zone speed cameras resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 The Tampa City Council is set to vote on a resolution approving a new agreement for school zone speed cameras, according to the Thursday meeting\u2019s <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/tampagov.hylandcloud.com\/221agendaonline\/Error\/InternalServer?aspxerrorpath=\/221agendaonline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">consent agenda<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution would approve an agreement between the city and RedSpeed Florida, LLC to implement the School Zone Speed Photo Enforcement Program.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution allows the city to use an existing contract between RedSpeed and the Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office (HCSO), instead of creating a new one.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa previously had an agreement with American Traffic Solutions, which ended in December.<\/p>\n<p>The program would install cameras in Tampa school zones to ticket drivers who speed during active school hours to improve safety, per the city.<\/p>\n<p>Investigative reporter Katie LaGrone has been covering school zone speed cameras for years.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last year, investigative reporter Katie LaGrone has covered drivers&#8217; frustrations with school zone cameras across the state.<\/p>\n<p>Investigative reporter Katie LaGrone&#8217;s coverage<\/p>\n<p>In September, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay28.com\/news\/region-hillsborough\/hillsborough-county-school-zone-camera-guidance-updated-hcso\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HCSO updated its school zone camera policy<\/a> to clarify when reduced speed limits are photo-enforced.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting will start at 9 a.m. on Feb. 19, and officials will vote on the resolution unless it is pulled for discussion.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. Tampa Bay 28 will provide more details as they become available.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JULIE.SALOMONE.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Buildings painted pink ahead of demolition to make way for 29-story tower<\/p>\n<p>Several buildings in downtown St. Petersburg have been painted pink to bring attention to new construction.<\/p>\n<p>Buildings painted pink ahead of demolition to make way for 29-story tower<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 The Tampa City Council is set to vote on a resolution approving a new agreement&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[205,276,4186,135,5910,3670,610,137,136,3019,208],"class_list":["post-161285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-abc-action-news","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-school-zone","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-28","tag-tampa-bay-local-news","tag-tampa-city-council","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-tickets","tag-wfts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}