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WSDOT leaders, troopers and a struck highway worker urge drivers to slow down at worker memorial
Summary
At the Washington State Department of Transportation Worker Memorial, Secretary Julie Meredith, a highway maintenance worker who survived a collision and the Washington State Patrol chief urged motorists to slow down in work zones, citing recent crash and enforcement figures and describing expansion of the work‑zone speed camera program.
At the Washington State Department of Transportation Worker Memorial ceremony in Olympia, Secretary Julie Meredith urged motorists to slow down and pay attention in work zones and highlighted recent crash data and an expanding automated speed‑camera program.
"Safety is one of our agency's core values," Meredith said, noting that WSDOT has recorded 61 workers killed on the job since 1950. She told attendees that work‑zone crashes totaled 1,557 in 2025, a slight decrease from 1,607 in 2024, while fatal crashes rose from seven to nine, a nearly 30 percent increase, and stressed that most work‑zone crashes are preventable.
The secretary described the Work Zone Speed Camera program as a safety tool built…
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