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CAPITAL REGION The state police and other law enforcement agencies issued 444 tickets last week during an operation to crackdown on work zone violations by drivers passing around state road construction sites, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Thursday.
Operation Hardhat details were held in almost every region of New York State in support of National Work Zone Awareness Week, which was April 26-30. The enforcement and educational efforts come as New York State continues to experience a rising number of work zone intrusions, including a crash April 27 on the Northway that critically injured a state Department of Transportation worker and injured another.
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17 others.
“Safety is always our top priority at the Department of Transportation and I can t thank our partners in law enforcement enough for the work they are doing to help protect our team members,” NYSDOT Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez previously said.
“Our highway crews and contractors work in dangerous conditions to keep our roads and bridges safe so that we can all get where we need to go safely and efficiently.”
Under “Operation Hardhat,” troopers are present within the work zones, dressed as highway maintenance workers, to identify motorists who disobey flagging personnel, speed through the work zone, or violate the state s Move Over Law, which applies to both emergency and maintenance vehicles.
Chris Gentilviso
The Richmond Times-Dispatch
In the spring of 2020, the arrival of COVID-19 caused unprecedented traffic shifts on roads across Virginia and the nation.
Amid stay-at-home orders aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus, fewer cars resulted in fewer accidents overall. In June, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) noted that there was a 45% decline in crashes in the initial months of the pandemic.
Despite that trend, Virginia Secretary of Transportation Shannon Valentine saw âgreat concern.â Travel at high speeds and the absence of seat belts contributed to a 78% jump in fatalities involving both factors. âWe are urging all motorists to drive the posted speed limit and wear seat belts,â Valentine said in a statement.