MEDIA ADVISORY
U.S. Transportation Secretary & Safety Leaders
Kick Off National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week With Special Event On Washington, D.C., National Mall
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, April 6, 2001
Contacts:
Brad Sant
Matt Jeanneret
202-289-4434
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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norm Mineta and other public and private safety leaders will come together for a special ceremony, April 9, during National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week. Federal data show that nearly 900 people were killed and 37,000 were injured in roadway construction zone accidents during 1999, the last year for which data is available.
The event, to be held on the Washington, D.C., National Mall, will commemorate and draw attention to those killed in roadway construction zones and include a display of 868 highway cones, each draped with a black ribbon and representing highway construction workers and motorists killed during 1999.
American Road & Transportation Builder Association (ARTBA) Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship recipient winner Daniel Doyle will speak at the event. The ARTBA scholarship program provides college financial assistance to the children of highway workers killed or permanently disabled on the job. Doyle's father was an employee of the Michigan Department of Transportation when he was killed in August 1997
| What: | National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week |
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| Who: | U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO), American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) and Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America |
| When: | Monday, April 9th at 9:00 A.M. |
| Where: | Washington, D.C., National Mall, 15th Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W. |
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Categories: News & Events | Work Zone Safety Awareness Week
