Active work zones remain highly dangerous as safety teams deploy drone imagery, digital navigation alerts and wearable PPE strobes to protect crews.
Highway construction workers remain vulnerable to work zone crashes as a result of distracted or speeding drivers, according to a new Associated General Contractors (AGC) national survey. State ...
FORECAST. JENNIFER. RICK, LET’S SEND IT BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU. JAY. WELL, NEW TECHNOLOGY IS BEING DEPLOYED IN LOCAL CONSTRUCTION ZONES TO CATCH SPEEDERS. THE KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION CABINET IS ...
As Congress weighs the next transportation bill, the Associated General Contractors of America is pushing stronger work-zone safety requirements after contractors reported persistent crashes and ...
(KFVS) - National Work Zone Awareness Week gets underway with messages of safety as road construction season ramps up. The awareness week kicked off on Monday, April 21 and runs through Friday, April ...
THIS MORNING. IT’S 623 AND IT’S ALSO NATIONAL. WORK ZONE AWARENESS WEEK. AND SO WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING THE DANGERS THAT ROAD CREWS FACE. AND WE’VE SEEN THIS ALL TOO CLOSE TO THE HOME HERE IN THE ...
In April, MoDOT released dramatic videos of cars slamming into the backs of vehicles used to protect road workers. The agency reported 50 of those crashes occurred in the state in 2025.
AWARENESS WEEK BETWEEN 2017 AND 2021, FLORIDA SAW MORE THAN 53,000 WORK ZONE RELATED CRASHES, CAUSING MORE THAN 350 DEATHS. WPBF 25 TRAFFIC ANCHOR YASMINE JULMISSE EXPLAINS HOW THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ...
Next Monday kicks off National Work Zone Awareness Week 2025, a yearly commemoration where participants across the United States spread awareness of roadway work zone safety. This year’s meaningful ...
BACK IN JANUARY, THE STATE IMPLEMENTED A TIERED SYSTEM FOR SPEED FINES IN WORK ZONES. SO FAR, 23 DRIVERS RECEIVED THE MAXIMUM PENALTY. THAT PENALTY IS $1,000. THEY WERE GOING MORE THAN 40MPH OVER THE ...