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The 2010 National Work Zone Awareness Week was scheduled for April 19-23.  The national kickoff event was held in New York City on April 19. The theme for this year was "Work Zones Need Your Undivided Attention."

• Video Coverage of the National Kick-off Event in New York: Work Zones Deserve Our Undivided Attention
• Clearinghouse News Release
• Resources Available from the Clearinghouse
• How States and Agencies Are Promoting the National Work Zone Awareness Week

Clearinghouse News Release

• Message to Motorists: Give Your “Undivided Attention” in Roadway Construction Zones
  
   

Resources Available from the Clearinghouse

The National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse and ARTBA through the Transportation Development Foundation has low cost and free resources for use during National Work Zone Awareness week.

Proceeds from all sales go to the ARTBA Foundation to support scholarships for children of roadway construction workers killed on the job. All materials must be ordered by Thursday, April 8, to insure delivery.

• Work Zone Awareness Safety Ribbons: $15.00. 1 X 3 in. ribbons made from retroreflective orange tape. Each ribbon is $1, these are available at 15 ribbons per sheet.
• Work Zone Awareness Safety Wristbands: $2 per unit, and available with a minimum order of 20 units. $40.00. Wear these orange wristbands to raise awareness of work zone safety and to visibly support our Scholarship fund.
• Flagger Up, Work Zone song: written by Brenda Croft a flagger from Kentucky and performed by Tabatha and Southern Fryd, $5/disc – each disc comes in a jewel case.
• Safety Training Materials: no cost, ARTBA is pleased to offer free safety training programs and products. Through a series of contracts and alliances ARTBA has secured, we have developed these sought after materials and are pleased to provide them to you at no cost (available while supplies last). The materials are:
  • Roadway Safety + CD (A Road Construction Industry Consortium Training Program) This includes an instructor manual, trainee booklets in English and Spanish and pamphlets in English and Spanish.
  • Safety tool box talk/checklist laminated cards (various safety and health construction related topics)
  • The official National Work Zone Awareness Week poster (also see poster in PDF)
  • Know the Signs Poster - this poster was created to illustrate the various work zone safety signs that drivers will encounter, it is designed to look like a WZ sign.
  • Know the Blind Spots Posters - this poster was created to illustrate the various hazards created by construction vehicles, also designed to look like a WZ sign.
  • Brochure for the National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse

To order any of these products, visit the ARTBA online store or contact: Omar Lopez, olopez@artba.org or 202-289-4434. 

How States and Agencies Are Promoting the National Work Zone Awareness Week

• American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
  • Article: State DOTs Campaign to Halt Workzone Deaths
  • Article: National Workzone Awareness Week Video Released
  • State DOT Events Compiled by AASHTO
• American Traffic Safety Services Association
• Federal Highway Administration
  • Article: A Decade of Safety Success
  • Aricle: National Work Zone Awareness Week 2010: Work Zones Need Your Undivided Attention
• Evergreen Safety Council
  • National Work Zone Safety Week
• Colorado
  • Picture from Spring Street Conference, April 21-23, in Grand Junction, Colorado:
    
    
• Connecticut
  • New Release: April 19-23, 2010 is Work Zone Awareness Week in Connecticut: Press Conference is Friday, April 16, at 10:30 a.m. at DOT
  • Official Statement
• Florida
  • Article: FDOT to Drivers: Slow Down in Work Zones
    (previously posted at http://www.baynews9.com/article/news/2010/april/93847/FDOT-to-drivers:-Slow-down-in-work-zones)
  • Article: FDOT to Motorists: Work Zone Safety is Everyone's Job
• Idaho
  • Video: In Motion episode 3 - Work Zone Safety
• Illinois
  • IllinoisDOT Video: 2010 National Work Zone Awareness Week
• Indiana
• Kansas
  • No Room for Error in Construction Zones—Observing National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week
  • Article: KDOT Announces New Work Zone Safety Precautions
• Kentucky
  • Video: KYTC Minute April 8, 2010
• Louisiana
  • Blogpost: National Work Zones Awareness Week 2010 Focuses on Inattentive Driving Around Work Zones
• Maryland
  • Safer speeds. Safer work zones.
  • Choose Safety for Life and Focus in Work Zones
  • Photos: Up Close Look at a Highway Work Zone
  • Article: April is Work Zone Safety Month
  • Video: State Cracks Down On Work Zone Speeders
    (previously posted at http://www.yidio.com/state-cracks-down-on-work-zone-speeders/id/3942426645)
• Mississippi
  • Article: Motorists Urged to Slow Down in Night Time MDOT Work Zones
  • News Release: MDOT and MDA Partner in Celebrating National Work Zone Safety/Go Orange
• Missouri
  • News Release: What Have I Done?”: New Work Zone Campaign Aims to Reduce Work Zone Fatalities and Injuries
  • Brochure: Don’t barrel through Work Zones!
  • Blogpost: Work Zones: What's Your Definition?
  • Work Zone Safety Game
  • Article: No Charges to be Filed in Work Zone Accident
    (previously posted at http://www.carthagepress.com/news/police_and_fire/x1042535696/No-charges-to-be-filed-in-work-zone-accident)
• New Jersey
  • 11th Annual New Jersey Work Zone Safety Awareness Conference
• New York:
  • News Release: New York State Department of Transportation Highlights Highway Work Zone Safety During National Work Zone Awareness Week
  • News Release: NYCDOT Commissioner, Federal and State Transportation Officials Kick Off National Work Zone Awareness Week
  • Article: Drive for Work-Zone Safety Invokes Slain Island Paver
  • Article: Work Zone Safety
  • Article: Slow Down! It's National Work Zone Awareness Week
  • Article: Sitting Ducks in Orange Vests
• North Carolina
  • Article: April: Work Zone Safety Awareness Month
  • Article: Accident Highlights Highway Work Zone Safety
• Ohio
  • Article: ODOT Promotes Safety in Work Zones
    (previously posted at http://www.northcentralohio.com/newsboard/single.asp?Story=40688)
  • Article: Safety in Construction Zones
  • Article: Motorists Asked to Slow Down, Pay Attention in Construction Zones
• Oklahoma
  • Article: Broken Arrow Police Conduct 'Ghost Operations' in Work Zones
  • Article: 'Ghost' Cops in Work Zones Today
  • Article: Use Caution When Driving in Work Zones
  • Article: Work Zone Driving in Oklahoma Requires Extra Care
  • Fact Sheet: National Work Zone Awareness Week: "Work Zones need your Undivided Attention"
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
  • Article: Girl, 8, Wins Again for Safe Work Zone Poster
  • News Release: PennDOT Announces Work Zone Awareness Week; Urges Motorists to be Cautious Year-Round
• South Carolina
  • News Release: National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 19-23, 2010 
  • Article: Highway Patrol Cracking Down on Drivers in Work Zones
  • Photos from Blacksburg SC Welcome Center:

• Tennessee
  • News Release: TDOT Reminds Motorists: Work Zones Deserve Your Undivided Attention 
• Texas
  • TxDOT Video: Work Zone Safety
  • Article: TxDOT Observes National Work Zone Awareness Week
  • News Release: National Work Zone Memorial Comes to Beaumont
  • Videos Posted by Texas Department of Transportation
  • Article: TxDOT Observes National Work Zone Awareness Week “Work Zones Need Our Undivided Attention”
• Virginia
  • News Release: VDOT Urging Drivers to Consider Work Zones “No Phone Zones”:
    Work Zone Awareness Week April 19-23
  • VDOT Video: Vigil on Afton Mountain
  • Video: Safety: Workzone Safety Awareness
  • VDOT Video: 2010 Work Zone Awareness
  • Article: VDOT Urges Motorists to not Use Cell Phones in Work Zones
  • Article: Remembering Workers Killed in Work Zones
  • Letter: 'No Phone Zones'
• Washington
  • Photos from Kittitas County Public Works:
    
        

Updated: 12/27/2012