CLIFTON PARK — Highway managers and contractors are making a plea for drivers to slow down and pay attention in work zones this summer. Two recent crashes in…
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.”
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.
Apr 27, 2021
Orange work-zone barrels are appearing all around us, and while construction projects often can lead to traffic delays, we remind everyone about the importance of driving safely through construction zones.
That’s the message being shared once again during National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week, an annual event designed to remind drivers to be patient, slow down and pay attention in road construction areas. This year’s event runs through this Friday.
Statistics from across our region show just how dangerous work zone accidents can be.
Ohio, for example, has recorded more than 32,500 crashes in work zones since 2015, with 126 people being killed in 114 of those accidents. Law enforcement has issued more than 72,500 citations during that period, with 34 percent of those being for driving 20 mph or more over the posted speed limit.
By Will Kriss
Apr 27, 2021 4:30 PM
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) â National Work Zone Awareness Week is recognized April 26-30, and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is working to make sure residents know about it.
In a release Tuesday, officials said Fall 2020 was a bad time for Michiganâs road and bridge workers. According to data provided by the Michigan State Police (MSP), n a matter of three months, five road workers had been struck and killed and three more injured in work zone crashes.
As MDOT and other road agencies around the state begin another season of rebuilding and maintaining Michiganâs roads and bridges, it is critical that drivers, passengers and workers take work zone safety seriously.