NATIONAL WORK ZONE AWARENESS WEEK BEGINS TODAY….AND THE KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION CABINET IS REMINDING EVERYONE TO DRIVE DISTRACTON
FREE AND SLOW DOWN IN WORK ZONES….
IN 20-23…….THE COMMONWEALTH RECORDED 12-HUNDRED-51 CRASHES IN HIGHWAY WORK ZONES…..WHERE 247 PEOPLE WERE INJURED AND 17 LOST THEIR
LIVES…..NEARLYTRIPLE THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR….
A WORK ZONE IS ANYWHERE A CREW MEMBER IS WORKING…..AND CAN INVOLVE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS…MAINTENANCE WORKERS…UTILITY CREWS…
MOWING CONTRACTORS….BRUSH CUTTERS AND TREE TRIMMERS…..