NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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TOWN OF NEW TECUMSETH - During the past two days, the Traffic Unit of the Nottawasaga Detachment Ontario Provincial Police has been focusing on our area construction zones.
The warm weather of summer brings with it the need to take advantage of the opportunity to do road repairs.
Normal speed limits are reduced for the safety of the workers and fines are increased in these areas when workers are present.
Over the past two days, officers of the Nottawasaga Detachment Traffic Unit have laid 25 charges in one particular construction zone alone.
The strip of County Road 50 between Athlone and 5 Sideroad, is a posted 60 Km zone, and signs state that fines are doubled when workers are present.
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