MTA begins speed enforcement at select NYC bridges and tunnels
The Automated Work Zone Speed Enforcement Program goes into effect today, ticketing drivers speeding past construction sites on bridges and tunnels.
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Drivers will have to think twice before zooming past a work site on bridges and tunnels, as the MTA’s latest campaign, The Automated Work Zone Speed Enforcement Program starts on Tuesday.
As part of the program, drivers speeding more than 10 miles per hour past a work site on bridges and tunnels will be giving a warning notice or fine.
Speeding cameras will be activated on nine bridges and tunnels throughout the city, including four in the Bronx. Those bridges include the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, Henry Hudson Bridge, Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, and Throgs Neck Bridge.
The MTA calls the new measure a “life-saving program” after it reported almost 900 fatalities and 40,000 injuries in 2023 at work zones throughout the U.S.
The project was signed into law in 2021 by Governor Kathy Hochul, only covering work zones on state highways. In 2025 it expanded to include bridges and tunnels across city.
The MTA says the program is starting in its first phase, only giving out warning notices. As they head into the second phase, later this year, drivers can expect fines to start at $50 and go as high as $100 for each offense.
