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Lawmakers hear ALDOT on uptick in traffic fatalities, work‑zone safety and possible construction‑zone camera legislation
Summary
ALDOT reported a modest uptick in severe and fatal crashes this year, including work‑zone and pedestrian incidents. Committee members discussed outreach and potential legislation to expand construction‑zone cameras; Senator Allen said committee staff are researching options for next year.
Ed Austin, chief engineer at the Alabama Department of Transportation, told the Joint Transportation Oversight Committee that the state has seen a modest uptick in severe and fatal crashes after recent years of improvement and that the increases include pedestrians and work‑zone incidents.
“We are seeing a little bit of an uptick this year,” Austin said, adding that the department receives near-daily updates from crash-reporting systems and that work‑zone…
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