In B.C., it is required by law to slow down and move over for emergency and maintenance vehicles with their lights flashing or for workers on or beside the road.
Concrete finisher Joey Yuhas of New Middletown, working for Foust Construction of Girard and member of Laborers International Union of North America Local 125 of Youngstown, finishes freshly poured concrete along Market Street in Boardman on Wednesday morning. Monday kicked off National Work Zone Awareness Week, which brings awareness to traffic safety and construction crews.
BOARDMAN Fixing sidewalks and curbs, construction crews worked on a busy stretch of state Route 7 on Wednesday.
Behind them, thousands of cars passed by before the crew’s quitting time.
National Work Zone Awareness Week, held annually from April 26-30, highlights the need for awareness to traffic safety and construction crews. It was launched in 1999 to decrease fatalities and injuries.