2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline
Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use
Section 14-212a - Highway and municipal road construction zones, utility work zones, traffic incident management zones and fire station work zones. Fines.
(a) The Superior Court shall impose an additional fee equivalent to one hundred per cent of the fine established or imposed for the violation of the provisions of section 14-213, 14-213b, 14-214, 14-215, 14-216, 14-218a, 14-219, 14-220, 14-221, 14-222, 14-222a, 14-223, 14-224, 14-225, 14-227a, 14-227m, 14-227n, 14-230, 14-230a, 14-231, 14-232, 14-233, 14-235, 14-236, 14-237, 14-238, 14-238a, 14-239, 14-240, 14-240a, 14-241, 14-242, 14-243, 14-244, 14-245, 14-246a, 14-247, 14-247a, 14-248a, 14-249, 14-250, 14-250a, 14-257, 14-261, 14-266, 14-271, 14-273, 14-279, 14-281a, subsection (e) or (h) of section 14-283, section 14-289a, 14-289b or 14-296aa for any such violation committed (1) while construction work is ongoing within a highway construction zone designated in a conspicuous manner by the Department of Transportation, (2) while construction work is ongoing within a municipal road construction zone designated in a conspicuous manner by such municipality, (3) while utility work is ongoing within a utility work zone designated in a conspicuous manner by a public service company, as defined in section 16-1, or by a water company, as defined in section 25-32a, (4) while activities are ongoing in a traffic incident management zone, or (5) while a uniformed firefighter is directing traffic within a fire station work zone designated in a conspicuous manner by a municipality.
(b) (1) The Department of Transportation shall post a sign at the beginning of a highway construction zone which shall read as follows: “ROAD WORK AHEAD FINES DOUBLED”, and at the end of such zone which shall read as follows: “END ROAD WORK”.
(2) A municipality shall post a sign at the beginning of a municipal road construction zone which shall read as follows: “ROAD WORK AHEAD FINES DOUBLED”, and at the end of such zone which shall read as follows: “END ROAD WORK”.
(3) A public service company or water company shall post a sign at the beginning of a utility work zone which shall read as follows: “UTILITY WORK AHEAD FINES DOUBLED”, and at the end of such zone which shall read as follows: “END UTILITY WORK”.
(4) As used in this section, “traffic incident management zone” refers to an area of a highway where temporary traffic controls or measures are installed under the authority of the Commissioner of Transportation, Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, or local traffic authority, as defined in section 14-297, in response to a motor vehicle incident, natural disaster, hazardous material spill or other unplanned incident. The traffic incident management zone shall be delineated by the use of one or more temporary traffic control devices or measures such as signs, cones, flares or visible flashing or revolving lights which meet the requirements of sections 14-96p and 14-96q.
(5) A municipality may post a sign at the beginning of a fire station work zone which shall read as follows: “FIRE STATION WORK AHEAD FINES DOUBLED”, and at the end of such zone which shall read as follows: “END FIRE STATION WORK”.
(c) The state or a municipality, or any agency or employee of the state or a municipality, shall not be civilly liable for any injuries or damages to any person or property which may result, either directly or indirectly, from failure on the part of the Department of Transportation or a municipality to post any sign required or permitted under subsection (b) of this section.
(P.A. 95-181, S. 1; P.A. 98-196, S. 2; P.A. 08-101, S. 1; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; 11-256, S. 18; P.A. 13-92, S. 1; 13-200, S. 1; 13-277, S. 65; P.A. 14-122, S. 31; P.A. 16-126, S. 15.)
History: P.A. 98-196 added utility work zones to areas where additional fines are imposed (Revisor's note: The Revisors reformatted Subsec. (b) to match the format of Sec. 14-212b(d) and in so doing inserted a comma following “ROAD WORK AHEAD FINES DOUBLED” and “UTILITY WORK AHEAD FINES DOUBLED”); P.A. 08-101 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision re activities ongoing in traffic incident management zone and amended Subsec. (b) to add Subdiv. (3) defining “traffic incident management zone” and requiring delineation of such zone by use of certain traffic control devices or measures; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-256 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision re ongoing construction work in municipal road construction zone and insert numeric Subdiv. designators, amended Subsec. (b) to add new Subdiv. (2) re posting of signs by municipality and redesignate existing Subdivs. (2) and (3) as Subdivs. (3) and (4), and amended Subsec. (c) to include municipality; P.A. 13-92 amended Subsec. (a) to include violations of Sec. 14-296aa and add provision re deposit of 50 per cent of additional fees into the work zone safety account for highway traffic enforcement; P.A. 13-200 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdiv. (5) re fire station work zones, amended Subsec. (b) by adding Subdiv. (5) re fire station work zones and amended Subsec. (c) by adding “or permitted”; P.A. 13-277 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provision re deposit of 50 per cent of additional fees into the work zone safety account for highway traffic enforcement; P.A. 14-122 amended Subsec. (a) to replace reference to Sec. 14-283(g) with reference to Sec. 14-283(h); P.A. 16-126 amended Subsec. (a) by adding references to Secs. 14-227m and 14-227n.
