Automated Work Zone Speed Enforcement Program Here To Stay

By Mrs. I. Perl

The Automated Work Zone Speed Enforcement Program might be here to stay.

This temporary camera program cracks down on drivers who speed in work zones on New York’s bridges and tunnels by installing speed cameras in those zones. Under a proposal brought forward by Governor Hochul, this might become a permanent program and expand to include MTA bridges and tunnels in NYC as well as Bridge Authority properties such as the Bear Mountain and Newburgh-Beacon bridges.

This announcement comes after two Thruway Authority workers lost their lives this year due to car accidents in their work zones. Last year nearly 170,000 work zone violations were issued by the DOT. Twenty-eight vehicles were caught going over 100 mph in the work zone, and one hundred vehicles were caught going 40 mph over the speed limit.

“New York’s roadside workers risk their lives every day to ensure the safety of all drivers, and we owe it to them to do all that we can to make sure they make it home safe themselves,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said. “Making this program permanent and expanding its reach is one more way we can protect those who work so diligently to protect us.”