This year marked the tenth anniversary of National Work Zone Awareness Week. As part of the activities, AGC once again participated in the national media event intended to alert the driving public about the dangers for both construction workers and motorists when highway infrastructure repairs are underway. Mike Hart, Mid Atlantic regional manager for Cianbro Corporation and an active member of AGC of America's Highway and Transportation Division leadership represented AGC at the event. The venue for the event was a bridge reconstruction project just across the Potomac River from Washington on the George Washington Parkway. Cianbro is the contractor doing the work and, as part of the event, Mike Hart took media representatives on a tour of the project pointing out the various safety features implemented to protect workers and motorists. Each year there are nearly 1000 fatalities in work zones. FHWA pointed out that the increase in highway construction expected as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (stimulus funding) will also increase exposure to work zones and urged more vigilance by drivers when these work areas are encountered. AGC chapters around the country cooperated with their state DOTs in conducting similar awareness events.
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