Tag: National Work Zone Awareness Week

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ATTSA’s Bruemmer gives Congressional testimony on work zone safety

Road construction safety is critical. That is what American Traffic Safety Services Association's Jay Bruemmer highlighted in his congressional testimony.

April 16, 2019

Roadbuilding

Vandals leave equipment damage—and note—for road crew

A note was left by a vandal complaining of noise construction at early hours of the morning. The road crew eventually noticed damage to their heavy equipment.

April 15, 2019

Roadbuilding

For moving road projects, MnDOT develops remote control flagger robot

Working with a trailer manufacturer, a Minnesota research team has developed a moving automated flagger assistance device (AFAD) that signals traffic at work zones. Field testing on the well-received device continues as this construction season gets underway. Minnesota Department of Transportation developed this Automatic Flagger Assistance Device (AFAD) for moving road work zones, such as […]

April 13, 2018

Roadbuilding

Tennessee DOT launches new Work Zone safety campaign

The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has announced the launch of a new safety campaign asking motorists to “Work with Us – move over and slow down” for highway workers. TDOT spread the message throughout Tennessee during National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 3-7, after three employees died in 2016. “Last year was absolutely tragic for our TDOT family; […]

April 14, 2017

Roadbuilding

Nearly 60 years after his death, road worker’s name is added to Virginia DOT memorial

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has added a highway worker’s name to its Workers’ Memorial on Afton Mountain 58 years after he was killed on the job. The granite memorial now has 135 names etched on its surface. VDOT conducted the ceremony during National Work Zone Awareness Week. Robert James Butler was 66 years […]

April 7, 2017

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National Work Zone Awareness Week launches at active Maryland construction site

Representatives from the U.S. Department of Transportation and Department of Labor and Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) on April 4 officially launched National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) at the active Georgia Avenue/Randolph Road interchange construction site in Silver Spring, Maryland. “For Maryland’s roadway workers, the construction zone is their office, and everyone deserves to […]

April 6, 2017

Roadbuilding

It’s National Work Zone Awareness Week

This year’s National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW), beginning today, has the theme of “Work Zone Safety is in Your Hands.” The national kick-off event for the week is set for April 4 at 10:30 a.m. EST at the Georgia Avenue/Randolph Road interchange in Silver Spring, Maryland. More details on that project are available here. […]

April 3, 2017

Roadbuilding

N. Carolina highway workers struck by vehicle on I-440 in Raleigh

Two North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) workers were struck by a vehicle while working on I-440 eastbound at the Capital Boulevard in Raleigh, according to a report by WRAL. The incident comes one week after National Work Zone Awareness Week. One worker, 44-year-old Darrick Bridges, was pinned between a parked truck and the vehicle. […]

April 21, 2016

Roadbuilding

One Ala. DOT worker killed, one injured in I-65 wreck

One Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) employee was killed and another injured in a wreck on Interstate 65 near the Tennessee River Bridge in northern Alabama, according to a report by WHNT. ALDOT says the deceased employee is 35-year-old Jacob Smith, and the injured employee is 63-year-old Kenneth Hooper. Both were removing barrels used in […]

April 15, 2016

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National Work Zone Awareness Week is April 11-15

This year’s theme for National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW), set for April 11-15, is “Don’t be THAT Driver: Work on Safety. Get Home Safely. Every Day.” The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) will host the kick-off event for this year’s program near the 32-mile I-75 widening project outside of Toledo on April 12 at […]

April 7, 2016

Roadbuilding

National Work Zone Awareness Week is March 23-27

“Expect the Unexpected” is the theme for this year’s National Work Zone Awareness Week, a campaign designed to promote safe driving through highway work zones and construction sites. First launched in 2000 by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA), and the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO), […]

March 10, 2015

Roadbuilding

Two workers killed in Indiana interstate construction zone

Two highway construction workers died Friday morning in a work zone crash on Interstate 69 in Indiana, WANE reports. According to the report, the contractors were cleaning up their work zone in a southbound lane when the driver of a pickup truck struck the two men. The workers were employed by Rieth-Riley Construction — not […]

May 9, 2014