Santa Fe, NM (KKOB) – New Mexico DOT, wants to put up speed cameras on highways around the state to force people to slow down in construction zones. They say this continues to be a serious dangerous problem and urged state lawmakers to support the idea of installing speed cameras.
NMDOT said there have been near-deadly situations in construction zones around the state. One of them happened in Hobbs where several workers were seriously injured. One worker had to be air lifted to Lubbock to deal with emergency operations on his legs, according to David Quintana, Acting Secretary for NMDOT.
They are asking lawmakers to consider the request of allowing speed cameras in construction zones in the next legislative session. The department has proposed this idea before. A bill was introduced in the 2025 session, but it got little traction.
NMDOT said it will gather more information about speed cameras before bringing their proposal to the legislature.
