Melissa in the Morning: Safety on CT Highways

It is Work Zone Awareness Month and our Department of Transportation is hyper focused on speeding. This time last year, the DOT rolled out speed cameras as part of a pilot program to monitor speeding in work zones on our highways. They were placed in a handful of spots, including one in a work zone in Norwalk. In the eight-month period, the data shows over 20-thousand warnings were issued during the pilot and more than 700 tickets were issued. One of the fastest speeds was 107 miles an hour and that was in the Norwalk work zone. DOT Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto talked about the effectiveness of speed cameras in  work zones and whether the cameras will be permanent in the state. Plus, we covered wrong-way detection systems across the state, the reasoning for taking down trees along our highways, and a push to lower the BAC from .08% to .05%.

Image Courtesy of Melissa Sheketoff