Drivers heading eastbound on Interstate 84 in West Hartford are going to see some new signs and new patrols after two fatal crashes in the area last month.

“They can expect that there'll be additional traffic enforcement," said State Rep. Joe Verrengia, who is also a police sergeant in West Hartford, "so my message to the drivers going through there is, slow down."



He emerged from a meeting with Department of Transportation officials who told him there was nothing wrong with the banks of the curves or the anti-skid surface of the road, and that there had been no pattern of crashes there in recent years.



DOT officials also told him they had begun work on new signage for the South Main Street overpass he said would look like "a video game" to warn drivers about the curves and about the 50 mph speed limit observed now only at risk of being rear-ended.



"This is about speed," said state DOT Commissioner James Redeker, after the meeting Verrengia had called for in August.



He also said the DOT will reach out to the trucking industry to educate truck drivers about safety on the roadway.