Traffic & Transit
Joint Enforcement Effort Underway On Route 125: New Hampshire Office Of Highway Safety
After nearly 5,000 crashes in 9 years, law enforcement agencies will be working to improve safety, from Haverhill, Massachusetts, to Milton.
CONCORD, NH — State and local safety officials are stepping up enforcement of safety on Route 125.
The New Hampshire Office of Highway Safety announced the effort, one of several in the past few years, focusing on the stretch of highway from Haverhill, Massachusetts, to Milton, just west of the border with Maine. Police departments in the communities of Barrington, Brentwood, Epping, Kingston, Lee, Milton, Plaistow, and Rochester, along with employees from the Rockingham and Stafford county sheriff’s offices and state police, will be patrolling the highway to reduce the number of crashes, injuries, and deaths on the road.
According to state data, nearly 5,000 crashes have been recorded on Route 125 in the last nine years.
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“Our goal is to create a safe environment for residents and visitors traveling through Lee,” Chief Thomas C. Dronsfield Jr. of the Lee Police Department said, “by utilizing enhanced enforcement made possible with funding from the Office of Highway Safety.”
The stepped-up enforcement will be paid for via grants from the highway safety department. Officials will be targeting speeders, aggressive drivers, and those who may be impaired. A similar effort was initiated in 2021.
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“Everyone who is going to consume alcohol should make a plan to get home safely ahead of time,” Lt. Keith Walker of the New Hampshire State Police Troop A Barracks said. “Additionally, drivers should wear their seatbelts, obey posted speed limits, refrain from the use of electronic devices, and have respect for others on the road.”
Officials said the enforcement will run from April until September.
“Although these enforcement patrols are targeting motor vehicle violations,” Chief Michael Wallace of the Epping Police Department said, “the overall goal is to reduce crashes and have drivers arrive at their destinations safely.”
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