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Transportation Commission staff urge drivers to slow down in highway work zones
Summary
A Transportation Commission staff member asked drivers at a meeting to slow down, respect flashing lights and take care passing highway work zones so employees can return home safely; no formal action was taken.
A Transportation Commission staff member urged drivers to slow down and respect flashing lights when passing highway work zones, saying the workers “have family” and want to return home safely.
The comment, made during the meeting (date not specified), emphasized patience and caution around crews performing highway improvements. “We need you to be patient. We know you have some place you're trying to go, but slow down. Slow down in the work zone and respect and honor the flashing lights that you see as well as the staff that you see working,” the staff member said.
The speaker said work crews are “out there working, trying to make progress happen” and appealed to motorists’ consideration for employees’ safety: “They have life, and they wanna return home just as you walk through and get them where you're going.” The remarks also asked drivers to “take your time going through it so that our employees can be safe and return home.”
No motions, votes or formal directive to staff were recorded in the meeting transcript related to the safety reminder. The statement functioned as an advisory appeal to drivers rather than a regulatory or funding action.
The Transportation Commission did not provide specific statistics, enforcement changes or a schedule for affected work zones in the transcript. Funding sources, exact locations of work zones and any planned changes to traffic control measures were not specified.
