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US DOT awards $54M in SMART grants to local governments

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Projects in 22 states range from sensors in roads and intersections to an overhaul of a work zone data environment.

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Are Work Zone Speed Cameras a Money Grab? Or an Essential Site Safety Technology?

ENR Construction

Motorists groups and taxpayer advocates write that highway work zone speed cameras are a corrupt enterprise designed to defraud motorists, while contractors and DOTs tout their effectiveness at stopping accidents. What if both are partially correct?

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Arizona DOT to Share Data with Autonomous Truck Co.

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have agreed to work together to share information to promote safety in highway work zones when automated vehicles are deployed. The shared data will support continued safe navigation of highway work zones by autonomous trucks.… The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and Embark Trucks Inc.

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National Work Zone Awareness Week Begins

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"Work Zone Speeding: A Costly Mistake" is the message being sent by transportation agencies across the country as the nation recognizes National Work Zone Awareness Week (April 7-11). Washington State DOT will host the official kick-off event Tuesday, April 8, in Seattle.'

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North Carolina DOT Worker Hit & Killed by Vehicle (VIDEO)

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North Carolina troopers are urging drivers to slow down in work zones, the day after a DOT worker was hit and killed, working in the median of U.S. William “Grey” Bailey, 36, was an engineering technician who had been with the DOT since 2010. Highway 70 in Wayne County, N.C.

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Are Work Zone Speed Cameras an Essential Site Safety Technology—Or Just A Money Grab?

ENR Construction

Contractors and DOTs tout camera effectiveness in stopping accidents, but motorist and taxpayer advocates say they are a corrupt enterprise designed to defraud drivers. It appears that both sides make a point. /p>

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Man Kills 2 DOT Workers, Sues Contractor

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Prosecutor Matthew Bigler said Stafford was driving in excess of 70 mph in the construction zone. Stafford's truck slammed into a directional arrow board on I-69 during the morning commute and killed construction workers Coty DeMoss, 24, Noblesville, and Kenneth Duerson Jr., 49, Indianapolis.

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