Cameras Will Check For Speeders On These CT Roads: Here's Where, When

CONNECTICUT — The state Department of Transportation will soon be breaking out the heavy surveillance tech at construction zones in an attempt to reduce speeding, crashes, injuries, and fatalities.

The "Know the Zone" initiative will use speed safety cameras to capture information about vehicles that speed through select highway work zones. The registered owners of vehicles captured speeding by the cameras will be issued citations by mail.

The cameras will be active in no more than three locations on limited-access state highways at any time, according to the DOT's website.

Beginning April 10, cameras will be in place at the:

• Median reconstruction and resurfacing on I-95 Norwalk and Westport;
• Resurfacing, bridge and safety improvements on Route 2, Hartford, East Hartford, Wethersfield, and Glastonbury; and
• Route 8 Corridor in Shelton, Derby, Ansonia, Seymour

Signage will notify motorists they are about to be caught on camera, and signage will also be posted at the end of work zones with active speed safety cameras. Current and past speed safety camera locations will also be posted online here.

See also: Star Students: Help Patch Recognize Extraordinary Students In CT

The radar-based technology will trigger for vehicles traveling 15 mph or greater than the posted work zone speed limit. If the occupants of the vehicle are visible in an image, the image of the occupants will be masked.

See also: Connecticut Losing 2 More Banks, While Adding 2 More In Latest Bank Branch Shuffling

• The Holiday Spirit Returns: 2 Movies Being Shot In CT

The registered owner of the vehicle photographed by the cameras will receive a citation, called a "Notice of Liability," in the mail within 14 days after being identified. For vehicles registered outside of Connecticut, citations will be mailed within 30 days after the owner is identified, according to the DOT.

First-time offenders will receive a written warning with no fine. A second offense will cost a motorist $75, and every offense that follows will come with a $150 fine.

Those who receive citations may contest them based on the defenses outlined online here.

The pilot program will run through the end of this year.