Know the Zone: Automated Work Zone Speed Control Program 


CTDOT Know the Zone work zone safety campaign logo with a traffic cone
Work zones are essential to building and maintaining quality highways, and we all play important roles in keeping them safe for drivers, passengers, and workers.

The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) is implementing a program to strengthen our ongoing efforts to improve the safety of CTDOT work zones. The CTDOT Know the Zone: Automated Work Zone Speed Control Program will be implemented to reduce speeding, crashes, injuries, and fatalities in work zones. This program uses speed safety cameras to capture information about vehicles that speed through select work zones. The registered owners of the vehicles captured speeding by the automated work zone speed control program will be issued warnings or citations by mail.
  • FAQs 
    Get answers to the most asked questions about the Know the Zone program.
  • Fast Facts 
    What you need to know about the new CT initiative aiming to slow down drivers in work zones.
  • Fines and Penalties 
    Learn more about the fines and penalties enforced in the Know the Zone program.
  • How it Works 
    Learn about how the system works and what it's capable of.

Interactive Map

**All locations within the map interface below are approximate. CTDOT makes no guarantee, expressed or implied, about the accuracy of any individual automated work zone speed control system location at any specific point in time. At any time of day, on any day, the automated work zone speed control system may be placed at up to 15 active locations across any of the identified project extents.**

Project Schedule

The project schedule, now underway, has been operating and will operate in the future as follows.

Automated work zone speed control system development took place between October 2025 and December 2025.

Between October 2025 and this coming June 2026, there were and will continue to be limited initial deployments and data collection, with system enhancements taking place at the same time from December 2025 through June 2026.

June 1, 2026, will also mark a warning period of limited deployments and enhancements, while full systems operations and maintenance also begin.

Full equipment deployments will then begin on July 6, 2026 and will be supported by the full system operations and maintenance. The end date for the full equipment deployment, operations, and maintenance is to be determined.

In December 2026, year-end performance reporting will begin and will run until February 2027.