New Kent County, Va. (Newsradiowrva.com) - The New Kent County Sheriff’s Office has announced that automated speed enforcement in work zones along I-64 is coming to the county in August.
A 30-day warning period is set to begin Tuesday, and active enforcement begins August 1. Once enforcement begins, drivers going 11 miles per hour or more over the work zone speed limits will receive a summons by mail and a $100 fine.
The Sheriff’s Office says this is an effort to increase safety for both construction workers and drivers. Authorities say there’s been an increase of crashes in I-64 in New Kent County during road construction due to speeding and dangerous driving behavior.
The new vehicle-based automated speed enforcement system will help support a larger-scale construction project on I-64, the Sheriff's Office said.
Speed will be monitored by a truck with LiDAR camera in the bed of it which will monitor each travel lane individually, flagging drivers that are going over the speed limit.
"There will be a securely monitored truck that has a LiDAR camera in the bed. This camera is able to monitor each lane of travel individually and with more accuracy than a traditional radar. That means that the LiDAR is measuring the speed of each vehicle individually and flagging those who are going 11+ MPH over the construction speed limit, not those safely following traffic laws," the Sheriff's Office shared in an announcement.