Police on lookout for speeders, school bus violators on Huntington Avenue tomorrow

The Fairfax County Police Department will have an increased presence on Huntington Avenue tomorrow morning in an effort to crack down on habitual speeders and drivers who ignore school bus signals to stop.

The FCPD announced the initiative on Twitter this morning and will live-tweet its enforcement efforts in the area tomorrow, according to Brandi Horita of the department’s Public Affairs Bureau.

“The community had expressed concerns about the traffic in the area,” said Horita. She said one of the goals of the stepped-up enforcement is to let drivers on Huntington Avenue know “we are watching, and the community is concerned about these issues.”

Huntington Avenue hosts a wide variety of commercial buildings and residential housing, and is also one of the main access points for commuters driving to the Huntington Metro Station. There’s a 30 miles per hour speed limit along the road.

Horita said that a Selective Enforcement Team (SET) from the Mount Vernon District Station will be leading tomorrow’s efforts. SET teams are designed in part to respond to community concerns about crime or traffic problems in a neighborhood, according to Horita. She said this is the first time a SET team has been used in this manner on Huntington Avenue.