Experimental speed cameras in highway construction zones so effectively reduced speeding that state transportation officials want to permanently use them. Transportation Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto told state legislators on the Transportation Committee that the two-year pilot program resulted in significant reduction in traveling speeds in five work zones where the speed cameras were tested. Eucalitto said analysis of the data collected during the pilot program demonstrated a trend of reduced speeds throughout the enforcement periods at each work zone. The legislature and Gov. Ned Lamont limited the use of the speed cameras on roads with speed limits exceeding 45 mph, and cameras were only permitted to record images of vehicles exceeding the speed limit by 15 mph or more.
