The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) enacted an administrative rule Wednesday authorizing the use of speed cameras to monitor and ticket motorists exceeding the reduced speed limits in a potentially unlimited number of highway worksites across the state. That rule, approved April 26 by Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita and May 2 by Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb, appears to conflict with the strict limit on worksite speed camera enforcement included in the 2023 Indiana statute, approved by the Republican-controlled General Assembly, that establishes the "worksite speed control pilot program.
" House Enrolled Act 1015 specifies INDOT "may operate and monitor not more than four worksites in a single calendar year." INDOT's administrative rule, however, gives the transportation agency the power to "operate and monitor not more than four worksites at any given time in a single calendar year." The phrase "at any given time" in the rule means instead of just trying out speed enforcement cameras by deploying them at an annual total of 4 long-term road construction projects or very dangerous worksites, INDOT instead can regularly move its speed enforcement cameras around to different worksites throughout the year so long as no more than four camera systems are operating at once.
And that's exactly what INDOT intends to do. INDOT spokeswoman Natalie Garrett said only using the camera systems for speed enforcement at a total of four worksites a year would artificially pr.
