State highways officials said extra police patrols will be targeting speeders this week in the five-mile work zone between 29th Street in Huntington and the Huntington Mall in an attempt to slow drivers down and cut down on the number of work zone crashes. Highways officials also will be putting up more signs and radar speed monitors in work zones. The speed limit in work zones is 55 mph. West Virginia State Police, local sheriff’s offices and municipal police departments will have extra patrols in work zones all along the I-64 corridor between Huntington and Charleston throughout the construction season, targeting speeders and writing tickets for drivers who disobey work zone safety laws. In 2022, there were 800 crashes in West Virginia work zones, killing eight people and injuring 276.