Bill > HB1010

This bill expands the definition of "school crossing zone" to include areas around schools where the presence of children, in addition to students, necessitates a warning to drivers, and also defines "school" to encompass large children's sports complexes, which are facilities primarily for amateur youth sports with over 150 enrolled children. In Planning District 8, which covers Northern Virginia, these large children's sports complexes will now be treated similarly to schools for the purpose of traffic safety. The bill allows local governments to designate highways within 750 feet of these complexes or child day centers as "vulnerable pedestrian zones" if there's a safety risk and the complex agrees to pay for signage. This designation enables local authorities to reduce speed limits in these zones, with the requirement that signs clearly indicate the zone and upcoming speed reduction, and the costs for these signs will be borne by the sports complex or child day center. Existing laws permitting photo speed monitoring devices in school crossing zones will now apply to these newly defined vulnerable pedestrian zones.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1010