Huntsville Police Department announces it will be using money awarded from the State of Alabama ADECA fund for increased DUI enforcement throughout the holiday season including New Years Eve.

The HPD DUI Task Force will be setting up traffic safety checkpoints across the city with an emphasis on detecting DUI violators which historically rise during this time of year. When stopped at one of these checkpoints, citizens will be asked for driver’s license, proof of insurance and a current vehicle tag registration.

Officers will be set up at announced and unannounced locations between now and January 1, 2009 as an effort to reduce DUI related traffic accidents and fatalities. Additionally, Traffic Task Force and patrol officers from all three precincts and shifts will be stepping up specific radar enforcement activities at various locations and intersections to reduce crashes.

Here are some of the locations where checkpoints will be:

West Huntsville:

Drake Avenue and Newsom Road

Drake Avenue and Penny Street

Cobb Road and Hood Road

Bob Wallace and Leeman Ferry Road

Jordan Lane and Mastin Lake

South Huntsville:

Bailey Cove Road and Willowbrook Drive

Bailey Cove and Weatherly Drive

Cecil Ashburn Drive and Donegal Drive

Bideford Drive and Leicester Drive

Andrew Jackson and Pratt Avenue

North Huntsville:

Jordan Lane and Mastin Lake Road

Jordan Lane and Sparkman Drive

Mastin Lake Road and Pulaski Pike

Andrew Jackson and Pratt Avenue