Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-NEW

Current with legislation from the 2024 Regular and Special Sessions.

Section 14-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] Report regarding speeding in work zones

Not later than February 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Transportation shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation. Such report shall include the following information regarding the preceding calendar year:

(1) The number of warnings and violations issued pursuant to section 13a-263 of the general statutes, for each work zone speed control system that was operational;

(2) the number of such warnings and violations where the motor vehicle exceeded the posted speed limit by (A) at least eleven miles per hour, but not more than twenty miles per hour, (B) at least twenty-one miles per hour, but not more than thirty miles per hour, (C) at least thirty-one miles per hour, but not more than forty miles per hour, and (D) forty-one miles per hour or greater;

(3) the number of crashes that occurred in each highway work zone where a work zone speed control system was operational;

(4) the amount of fines received pursuant to section 13a-263 of the general statutes;

(5) the annual cost to the Department of Transportation to use work zone speed control systems;

(6) the number of motor vehicles identified by a work zone speed control system that were the subject of one violation, two violations, three violations or four or more violations;

(7) a list of engineering and educational measures undertaken by the department to improve safety in highway work zones with an operational work zone speed control system;

(8) a description of situations where recorded images produced by a work zone speed control system could not be used or were not used; and

(9) the number of leased or rented motor vehicles, out-of-state motor vehicles or other vehicles, including trucks, where enforcement efforts were unsuccessful.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-NEW

Added by P.A. 24-0040,S. 47 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2024 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2024.