Denver police plan to beef up traffic control this Saturday on highways through the city.

Police, in partnership with the Colorado Department of Transportation, will conduct saturation “speed enforcement activities” from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. “in the vicinity of I-25 and I-70,” the Denver Police Department said in a media release.

The top posted speed limit in the enforcement area is 55 mph, and eight officers will be looking for speeders, police said.

“Motorists that are speeding over the posted limits should expect to be contacted by an officer,” police warned.

Police are “concerned about the safety of all motorists,” the release said, and the enforcement program aims to slow traffic on the highways to help reduce accidents. CDOT provided grant funding for the program.

Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com.