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Brief of diving:
- In an effort to better protect road builders and drivers, Kentucky will put on Automated speed execution cameras In the toll road work areas, the state transport office announced on August 12.
- The transport cabinet will begin to install speed cameras this summer and will fall into select work areas, and then it will continue to build the program in the coming years to include more work areas throughout Spain. The areas with the cameras will have a warning signs and intermittent lights to alert the drivers.
- By 2024, Kentucky registered more than 1,223 work zone accidents, by announcement. These caused seven fatalities and 298 injuries. Most deaths were motorists or passengers.
Divide vision:
The Kentucky had more than a billion dollars in new contracts for paving, new construction and repairs of roads and bridges granted last year, and the state is about to find this brand again this year, he told Construction Dive a spokesman for the transport cabinet. The Cabinet plans to place cameras in four jobs in the coming months.
Speed drivers in work areas do not automatically drink. Instead, a police officer parked at the end of the affected area will make traffic stops, issuing tickets in person based on camera or detector data. Speed or traffic violations can lead to a fine of $ 500 when there are workers.
“The speed of work areas is not just reckless, it can be deadly,” said Kentucky governor Andy Beshear in the announcement. “In Kentucky, we believe that protecting our people is always what we need to do, and now we have a new tool to help this happen.”
About three out of five contractors have experienced at least one Vehicle crash in a road work area In the last year, according to a survey of general associate contractors of America, it was carried out in collaboration with the HCSS construction software firm. Almost a third of the respondents had five or more accidents.
Contractors believe that more can be done to protect workers and motorists. Almost 40% of respondents said that acceleration penalties in work areas are sufficient, but the application is not. The main methods of respondents believed that they could improve security include a higher police presence and more strict application in the existing laws in the work area.
But Kentucky is not the only state that does something.
Early this year Washington said he would ride Working area speed cameras in trailers in active working areas across the state. Like Kentucky, the affected work areas would have signs that tell the drivers about cameras and the speed limit published. Speed can lead to a fine for drivers.
In New York, an automated working area program was signed by law by Governor Kathy Hochul in September 2021. At the beginning of this year, the The program extended until 2031 and expanded to double the eligible number of work areas.
