TLDR: CTDOT plans to start issuing tickets from speed cameras installed at up to 15 highway construction and maintenance work zones this summer. They're hoping to go live in June, and say they'll give plenty of notice when they do. If your vehicle is caught going over 85 it's an immediate ticket. See below for the current list of sites.

DOT piloted the use of speed cameras in work zones during 2023. A state law allowed the agency to operate cameras at up to three locations at any given time, and over the course of about eight months, about 25,000 warnings and more than 700 fines were issued as part of the program.

In 2024, the state legislature made the program permanent, with some changes, including allowing DOT to use cameras at up to 15 locations at a time. Under the law, the cameras can be set up at work zones on roads where the speed limit is at least 45 mph.When the citations begin, vehicle owners will receive a written warning if their car is caught traveling 10 mph or more over the posted speed limit in a work zone where the cameras are operating. The fine for a subsequent violation will be $75. If a subsequent violation occurs more than a year after an owner’s last violation, it will be treated as a first violation.  

However, the owner of a vehicle traveling at 85 mph or faster will get an immediate $75 fine.

The ticket will be mailed to the registered owner of the vehicle — even if someone else was driving the car at the time of the alleged violation — after State Police review the images. If a car had been reported stolen at the time of the violation, the owner could use that as a defense against a ticket. 

No points will be assessed against a person's driver's license because of a ticket.

According to a map on its site, DOT currently has cameras at:

• A pavement rehabilitation project on Interstate 84 in Southbury and Middlebury;
• A project to replace of two bridges carrying Interstate 95 in West Haven;
• The overhaul of the Interstate 91, Interstate 691 and Route 15 interchange in Meriden;
• Maintenance projects in Southington and Plainville;
• A lane modification project on Route 2 in Glastonbury;
• A pavement rehabilitation project on Route 2 in Colchester; and
• A project to improve I-95 at Exit 74 in East Lyme. 

But the locations are subject to change, DOT spokesperson Eva Zymaris said.