Every driver encounters them: those orange cone-filled stretches of road that seem like a recipe for frustration. But work zones are more than just a traffic nuisance – they’re areas where people are hard at work to improve our roadways.

National Work Zone Awareness Week is April 15 through 19, but drivers should drive safely…

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Oct. 31, 2017 started much like any ordinary day for Charlie Posey, a third generation employee for the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT)–but things quickly took a turn for the worse.

Posey, a surveyor, at the time, was sent to do his job, a job he had done for 11 years without major incident. He…

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The Alabama Department of Transportation and states around the nation are joining together to ask drivers to slow down and eliminate distractions in work zones.  National Work Zone Awareness Week takes place April 15-19.

The theme for this year’s National Work Zone Awareness Week is, “Work Zones are temporary. Actions behind the wheel can last…

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