TxDOT says Be Safe. Drive Smart.
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Even with less traffic during the pandemic, Texas work zone fatalities increased 9% in 2020 compared to 2019. That’s why TxDOT is calling on drivers to make safety their number one priority at all times and especially when passing through active construction and maintenance work zones on the roadway.
TxDOT’s “Be Safe. Drive Smart.” campaign is marking National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 26–30, with safety tips to reduce work zone fatalities. Last year, there were more than 22,000 traffic crashes in Texas work zones with 186 people killed, including four road workers.
“We know driving through work zones can be challenging,” said TxDOT Executive Director James Bass. “There can be extra congestion, slow-moving heavy equipment, temporary barriers, and vehicles that make sudden stops. We can’t stress enough how important it is to give driving your full attention and slow down for your own safety and that of the people who
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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.”