JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – It’s National Work Zone Awareness Week, and the Florida Department of Transportation is emphasizing the importance of protecting road workers in active construction zones.
To give viewers a better understanding of what work zones are like, FDOT took News4JAX Traffic Anchor Sophia Vitello to a major construction project on I-95 in Jacksonville.
“There are thousands of crashes every year in work zones,” said Sara Pleasants, a Community Outreach Specialist with FDOT. “Crashes in work zones are 70% more likely to result in a fatality, and about 80% of the fatalities in work zones are either drivers or passengers. So really, it’s not just the crews that you’re keeping safe, it’s you, it’s your passengers, it’s your kids.”…