National Work Zone Awareness Week-April 19-23, 2010 and The New 2009 MLITCD Edition, Part VI

摘要

The National Work Zone Awareness Week is held each year in April. The purpose is to create national attention to the hazards of work zones by educating motorists and workers to safety issues in work zones. Since 1999, the FHWA has partnered with transportation entities to support NWZAW. Disseminating public information is an important element in educating drivers to variable traffic patterns of work zones. States and local municipalities are encouraged to promote their own work zone awareness programs. Various program resources are available at the national level. The FHWA provides the Work Zone Public Information and Outreach Strategies Guide, which contains tips, examples and practices on designing public awareness information and strategies for outreach. The FHWA work zone State initiative focus has two elements: '1) an FHWA-sponsored workshop held to discuss work zone public information and outreach; and 2) technical support to assist the focus States with implementing enhanced public information and outreach for their work zone projects.'