Sometimes barrels or temporary barriers protect crews working on road projects. Other times, it’s just a 12-pound traffic cone between the workers and vehicles speeding by.
“It’s a very vulnerable place for our construction workers and our construction staff to be, and so they’re really trusting the drivers and the public to have those safe behaviors so that they can go about their job safely,” said Kelly Alvord, a spokesperson with the Virginia Department of Transportation.
The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles estimated more than 4,000 work zone crashes happened in Virginia in 2025. That’s more than the year before, and nearly half of those crashes happened in Hampton Roads…