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Road builders urge motorists to "Respect the Zone" during National Work Zone Awareness Week
Summary
The Alabama Road Builders Association briefed the Joint Interim Committees on National Work Zone Awareness Week, emphasizing the "Respect the Zone" theme, recent crash statistics, educational outreach and planned legislative conversations about additional work-zone protections and technologies.
Skip Poe, director with the Alabama Road Builders Association, told the Joint Interim Committees that National Work Zone Awareness Week is an annual campaign at the start of construction season to remind motorists to slow down, eliminate distractions and give space to roadway workers. "This year's theme is 'respect the zone so we all get home,'" Poe said.
Poe reviewed recent crash data and outreach efforts. He said work-zone fatalities in Alabama in 2024 were the…
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