On the night of Wednesday, April 8, Jennifer Nelson was on Interstate 75 near Middletown working her job as a highway technician for the Ohio Department of Transportation.

The spotlight is on work zone safety across the country this week, as utility crews and law enforcement in the Bay Area push for drivers to be more cautious on the road.

Last year, 25 people were killed in Michigan work zones. Three of those people were construction workers. Tuesday morning, the Kent County Road Commission, other area road commissions and Michigan

As National Work Zone Awareness Week gets underway, a central Arkansas family is sharing a deeply personal story to remind drivers of the dangers that roadway workers face every day.

A statewide safety campaign from the Texas Department of Transportation launched this week to commemorate National Work Zone Awareness Week.

Work zones are everywhere as construction is underway to improve to keep up with our growing population. This is why it’s important to stay alert and drive

Highway work is dangerous and often takes place just inches from speeding traffic, TxDOT said. Despite the construction warning signs, flashing lights and crews wearing neon orange shirts and vests, there are still many traffic crashes in work zones.

Southbound traffic on Interstate 5 in Fife got an unwelcome sideshow over the weekend when a driver plowed into a large flashing arrow board in an active work zone, then bolted from the scene before being arrested.

Connected technologies help crews detect changing traffic conditions earlier, warn drivers sooner and reduce exposure in active work zones