PHOTOS: Gov. Whitmer Joins National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week Event in Clinton Township, Visits M-59 Rebuilding Michigan Construction Site
LANSING, Mich. Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer visited the M-59 Hall Rd. Rebuilding Michigan project in Clinton Township for a National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week event to encourage drivers to exercise caution in work zones as workers begin the construction season to repair our state s roads and bridges. She was joined by Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel.
We must all do our part to keep the roads safe for our workers during this construction season, said
Governor Whitmer. Stay alert in construction zones, follow all posted signs, and slow down to protect our construction workers and save a life. Orange construction barrels are a positive sign that we re fixing the roads, but they are also a reminder to exercise caution.
From The Tribune staff reports
MONTGOMERY The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) honored a worker killed on duty by celebrating a National Work Zone Memorial. Leo H. Fournier, Jr. was added to the memorial.
Fournier was killed in 2017 while working on the Atlanta Highway in Montgomery. A drunk driver struck him and two other survey crew members on the side of the road.
“Fournier graduated from Tuskegee University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering,” ALDOT said in a press release. “He worked for ALDOT for almost 9 years and previously worked with Ford Motor Company as a supplier quality engineer in Detroit, Michigan and as a quality engineer with T&WA in Montgomery. He was married and was an avid reader, a sports enthusiast and loved to travel.”
There was an average of 13 crashes recorded in work zones in Michigan per day last year. Michigan State Police Colonel Joe Gasper says the state is making an
Alabama News
Leo H. Fournier Jr., an Alabama Department of Transportation employee killed in a work zone in 2017, had his name added this week to the National Work Zone Memorial. Fournier was killed when a driver under the influence was driving the wrong way on the Atlanta Highway in Montgomery and struck Fournier and two other survey crew members.
Fournier graduated from Tuskegee University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering. He worked for ALDOT for almost 9 years and previously worked with Ford Motor Company as a supplier quality engineer in Detroit, Michigan and as a quality engineer with T&WA in Montgomery. He was married and was an avid reader, a sports enthusiast and loved to travel.
Gov. Whitmer joins National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week event in Clinton Township By Will Kriss
Apr 27, 2021 4:29 PM
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) â Tuesday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer visited the M-59 Hall Rd. Rebuilding Michigan project in Clinton Township for a National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week event.
The purpose of the event is to encourage drivers to exercise caution in work zones as workers begin the construction season to repair thestateâs roads and bridges. She was joined by Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel.Â
âWe must all do our part to keep the roads safe for our workers during this construction season,â Governor Whitmer said. âStay alert in construction zones, follow all posted signs, and slow down to protect our construction workers and save a life. Orange construction barrels are a positive sign that weâre fixing the roads, but they are also a reminder to exercise caution.â