NEW ULM — Brown County sheriff’s deputies will be among law enforcement participating in a border-to-border traffic enforcement campaign that will begin on the eve of July Fourth.
The Border-to-Border Speed Saturation campaign’s efforts in the region will concentrate on speeding vehicles traveling on Highway 14, Highway 19 and Highway 60.
The extra enforcement this summer is coordinated through the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Office of Traffic Safety. Motorists should anticipate an increased law enforcement on roadways throughout southern Minnesota during the campaign.
The campaign is slated Thursday through Sept. 2 and coincides with the “100 deadliest days” on Minnesota roadways, a Brown County Sheriff’s Office press release said.
Preliminary figures show 477 people lost their lives on Minnesota roads last year. Of those fatalities, 151 were the result of crashes in the state between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Many of those fatalities were the result of speed-related incidents.
Brown County Sheriff’s Office is one of the law enforcement agencies along Highway 14 — from the state’s border with South Dakota to the Wisconsin border — designated to be part of the safety campaign.