The speed enforcement cameras are part of a wider effort to cut down on increasing injuries and deaths at road construction and maintenance sites along busy roads and highways.
“Last year, we saw over 1,200 crashes in a work zone, nearly 300 injuries, and seven fatalities,” Kentucky Transportation Cabinet spokesman Allen Blair said. “Our goal is to drive those numbers down to zero.”
The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the first two cameras in Fayette County will be located on U.S. 25 between mile markers 7.8 and 9.6, and Kentucky 418 between markers 0 and 1.8…