Connecticut
Connecticut DOT releases guidelines on red light, speed safety cameras for towns, cities
Red light and speed safety cameras are one step closer to appearing on Connecticut roads.
The Connecticut Department of Transportation began the new year releasing much anticipated guidelines for towns and cities that want to request the devices.
Red light and speed safety cameras were first made legal three months ago, but they haven’t been installed yet.
These cameras capture the license plate, date, time and location of vehicles that are speeding by 10 mph or more, or that run a red light.
Factors include the local history of crashes and traffic stops, as well as the poverty rate.
For example, in order to install a camera at a stoplight, there must have been at least two crashes over the last three years caused by a driver running a red light.
Towns must also provide a written justification that placing a camera in school and pedestrian safety zones will tangibly improve safety.
Drivers will know where these cameras are. There must be two signs at a “reasonable distance in advance” of the cameras.
In addition, there cannot be more than two of these cameras in certain low-income areas.
The fines will cost you $50 for the first offense and $75 for any more – but won’t earn you points.
Lexie Brown had 17 points to lead the Seattle Storm to an 89-82 win over the Connecticut Sun at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT on Sunday afternoon..
Former UConn Huskies women’s basketball star Stefanie Dolson had six points and four rebounds for the Storm while Katie Lou Samuelson did not dress as she continues her recovery from an ACL injury suffered during 2025 training camp. Olivia Nelson-Ododa had five points and one rebound for the Sun while Aaliyah Edwards sat out with a left thigh injury.
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LYME — A body was recovered from the Connecticut River on Saturday, according to officials from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
At about 1 p.m., a vessel on the river reported seeing a body in the area of the Chester-Lyme Ferry, DEEP said.
The Environmental Conservation Police, along with the Connecticut State Police Major Crimes Unit and Lyme and Cheshire fire departments, responded to the area and recovered the body, DEEP said. The body has been sent to the state chief medical examiner, DEEP said.
Bill Flood, a media relations manager for DEEP, said the body was identified as a male and appeared to have been in the water for an extended period of time.
The medical examiner will determine the manner of death and EnCon is investigating, Flood said, noting there is no believed threat to the public.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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