DUPONT, Wash. – Less than two months after launching, transportation officials are liking what they are seeing so far when it comes to the state’s “Work Zone Speed Camera Program.” Though some confusion exists among drivers through one work zone about the initiative.

Created by , the rotates trailer-mounted cameras in various active highway work zones across the state to catch speeding drivers in hopes of slowing them down.

shows an average of over 1,300 crashes have taken place annually around work zones over the past five years, with speeding being one of the main causes of those accidents.

"Work zones are dangerous places in themselves, right? And then obviously having people drive through those work zones at a very high rate of speed also increases the danger for the workers and als

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