Know the Zone: Automated Work Zone Speed Control Program 


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.
  • Process 
    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

Know the Zone: Automated Work Zone Speed Control Program Project Schedule

Activity Start End
System Development October 2025 December 2025
Limited initial deployments and data collection December 2025 March 2026
Full equipment deployments March 2026 TBD
Systems operations and maintenance March 2026 TBD
Year-end performance reporting preparation December 2026 February 2027