School Speed Zones Go Back Into Effect In Iowa This Week

Students in the Quad Cities are gearing up for the 2024-2025 school year. With students returning back to school, that means school zones return to make sure motorists slow down and stay alert for the safety of these kids. The Davenport Police Department is helping folks prepare for the return of school zones by conducting special traffic enforcement in those school zones.

Slow down and stay alert! That's what the Davenport Police Department wants you to remember as kiddos in Davenport and throughout the Quad Cities return to learn.

All summer, motorists haven't needed to follow the school zone signs because school wasn't in session. Kids in Iowa begin school on Friday and that means we all need to slow down to at least 25 mph as we pass through school zones. On the Illinois side, it's slower.

The Davenport Police Department took to social media to remind everyone to obey posted speed limits and pay special attention to school speed zones. Davenport PD wants to help keep kids safe as they return to class for the new school year and to do so, they will be out conducting special traffic enforcement in school zones this week.

Davenport Police Department via Facebook

The Davenport Community School District also took to social media to remind students, parents, faculty, and the rest of us when school starts for the district. Even though the little kiddos don't start until mid to late next week, all school speed zones go into effect on Friday, August 23, 2024.

Other Quad-City Schools Start Dates

Here is a list of start dates for other school districts in the Quad Cities and the surrounding area. This also means that school speed zones will go into effect on those dates:

Bettendorf
- Friday, August 23rd
Moline-Coal Valley
- Friday, August 13th
Rock Island-Milan
- Monday, August 5th
East Moline
- Wednesday, August 9th
Muscatine
- Friday, August 23rd
Clinton
- Friday, August 23rd

Good luck in the new school year students and good luck paying for those tickets, everybody!

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