The use of cameras to enforce speeding laws is spiking — with localities around the state raking in millions of dollars with the new systems.

But two cities in Hampton Roads — Suffolk and Chesapeake — account for nearly half of the $57.8 million in penalties collected from speeding drivers in school zones and highway work zones across the state.

Suffolk collected $16.7 million in fines between 2022 and ’24 — or 29% of the statewide total, according to reports that the Virginia State Police file to the General Assembly annually.

Chesapeake collected $11.5 million, or 20% of the state totals.

When much smaller numbers were added in from Portsmouth, Hampton, York County and Southampton, Hampton Roads collected $30.8 million, or 53% of the total statewide revenue.

Some of that money is us

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