Manitou Springs is revisiting its speed camera program, with a new council bill proposing penalty structures and identifying specific roadways where automated enforcement equipment could eventually be installed.

The city's push toward speed cameras began in 2024, when Manitou Springs City Council first passed an ordinance clearing the way for speeding cameras to come to the municipality. Almost two years later, there are still no speeding cameras in place, but there is now a clearer picture of where they could be located and what the penalty will be for those caught on camera.

Council Bill No. 2126, which addresses the speeding camera issue, is largely described in city staff materials as updating the City Code to reflect state-mandated changes — specifically those introduced by the recently passed SB26-152, which established new regulations for automated vehicle identification systems (AVIS) across Colorado.

Beyond the state-mandated updates, the bill identifies six corridors as potential automated vehicle identification system corridors: Sunshine Trail, Serpentine Drive, Manitou Avenue, Crystal Park Road, El Paso Boulevard, and US Highway 24 Bypass.

The bill also lays out a tiered penalty framework tied to how far over the speed limit a driver is traveling. For a speeding violation of under six miles per hour over the reasonable and prudent speed, the registered owner may be cited with only a written warning carrying no penalty or surcharge. For a violation of at least six but less than ten miles per hour over the limit, a first offense would result in a written warning with no penalty or surcharge, while a second or subsequent offense would result in a notice of violation. For any speeding violation of ten or more miles per hour over the limit, the city would issue the registered owner a notice of violation.

The council bill has not yet been enacted, and it remains to be seen when, or whether, cameras will be physically deployed along the proposed corridors.