Safe Zone enforcement begins on northeast side
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indiana Department of Transportation is cracking down on speeding in construction zones.
Starting Monday, drivers could get a ticket if caught speeding in the Clear Path construction zone on the city’s northeast side. That’s the site refiguring parts of I-465 and I-69.
The fines are part of the Safe Zones program, which allows the Indiana Department of Transportation to put a speed camera in four work zones in Indiana.
INDOT says drivers can expect a fine of up to $150 if caught going more than 11 mph over the speed limit in a construction zone. Workers must be present for a driver to get a warning or ticket.
“In 2024, we had 30 people killed in our work zones. 1500 were injured. Now that is a huge number,” Matthew Ubelhor, the Indiana Secretary of Transportation and Infrastructure, told News 8’s Danielle Zulkosky in April. “We have to, as a group and as a state, guard and protect the people that are in these work zones.”
Pre-enforcement started in January, when INDOT started sending warning letters caught speeding in a Safe Zone construction zone. INDOT officials say 90,000 courtesy notices have gone out to drivers since then.
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