Minnesota’s first automated speed cameras were installed last summer, and now more are set to be installed, but this time along a busy stretch of Interstate 35.
If you’ve got a lead foot behind the wheel, you’ll want to pay attention: The Land of 10,000 Lakes has given the green light to more speed cameras, and they’re the first in the state to catch those drivers exceeding the speed limit in a construction zone along I-35.
There are just some things that other states have that we’ve never had here in Minnesota. Like tolls on highways and interstates (though the Minnesota Department of Transportation apparently DID once consider such a thing a few years ago.) Or those automated traffic cameras that catch you running a red light or speeding and take a picture, allowing the state to then mail you a ticket. Until last year, that is…