(Last updated 8/31/25) Speed Cameras You may be aware that Middletown CT has added speed cameras. The first Middletown speed camera was activated on June 6th on Rt 66/Washington Street immediately inside the city limits. There are two additional sites with cameras installed but not yet active, on Country Club Road and Westfield Street. These came about due to a renewal in a 2021 state law allowing speed cameras. Initially limited to work zones only, Public Act 23-116, approved in late 2023, renewed those work zone cameras, adding "any municipality may authorize the use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices..."(1) Middletown jumped right on that bandwagon, becoming the second municipality in Connecticut to install speed cameras; Washington CT was the first. City Ordinance 12-24 was approved by the Town Council on July 26, 2024.(2) Soon after, the city contracted with Dacra Tech , an Illinois-based corporation specializing in "the most encompassing suite of soft...
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