These Boulder streets will soon have automated speed enforcement

DENVER (KDVR) — The City of Boulder will soon begin rolling out automated speed enforcement on parts of several streets in addition to the cameras already in place in the city.

The city announced in a press release on Friday that it will expand the streets with automated speed enforcement on a rolling basis this winter. The expansion comes after the passing of a state law expanding local Automated Vehicle Identification System corridors for speed enforcement.

Previously, the city had the authority to implement automated speed enforcement on streets with speed limits of 35 mph or less in residential areas, near schools and parks or in a work zone.

Parts of seven streets in Boulder are set to become active corridors where photo radar vans or fixed cameras can enforce speed limits at any time.

“Speeding is one of the top two causes of crashes in our community and it’s everyone’s responsibility to drive safely and obey the speed limit,” Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn said.

Warnings will be put out starting in January 2025 and citations will begin March 1, 2025. The city said that warnings will not be issued on streets that already are active corridors, including Iris Avenue, Violet Avenue, Table Mesa Drive/South Boulder Road, and the intersection of Broadway and Pine Street.

These roads will be active corridors for automated speed enforcement

The roads that will soon be active corridors for automated speed enforcement were selected and approved by Boulder City Council based on data from crashes, speeding, reckless driving and community complaints over the last five years.

The corridors will include parts of:

• Broadway
• Folsom Street
• Lookout Road
• Pearl Parkway
• Spine Road
• Table Mesa Drive
• Valmont Road

Additionally, the city said it will apply for approval through the Colorado Department of Transportation to use automated speed enforcement on multiple state-owned streets in the city, including parts of:

• Broadway,
• Canyon Boulevard
• Colorado Highway 7/Arapahoe Avenue
• Foothills Parkway
• 28th Street
• Colorado Highway 119/Diagonal Highway
• Baseline Road.

A map of the roads listed above, as well as where cameras are already in place, can be found online here.

The city said it is expanding the AVIS corridors to support the community's Vision Zero goal of eliminating crashes with deaths and serious injuries.

“Crash data and conversations with our community consistently raise red flags around speeding,” said Interim Director of Transportation Valerie Watson. “We know from experience that speeding influences the injury severity of crashes when they occur. Automated speed enforcement goes hand in hand with roadway design, engineering and education toward safer streets where no one is killed or seriously injured in a crash.”  

The city said automated enforcement devices have been marked with signs to warn drivers of the new device locations per state law.