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The goal of the WBMA is to promote best practices for work zone traffic control and to educate transportation departments, consulting engineers, and others on the safety benefits of ballast filled Longitudinal Channelizing Devices and ballast filled Barriers as alternatives to the most familiar traffic control devices cones, drums, delineators and temporary concrete barrier for work zone traffic channelization.
Our highway infrastructure is again and the need for rehabilitation and reconstruction is growing. Much of this reconstruction work is occurring while at the same time, traffic is maintained on the roadway under repair. Approximately 20% of the Nation Highway System (NHS) is under construction during the peak construction season. More than 3,000 work zones are expected to be present on the NHS during the peak season. Approximately 12 billion vehicle miles of travel a year will be through active work zones. Motorists can expect to encounter an active work zone 1 out of every 100 miles on the NHS. Over the last ten years, work zone fatalities increase 45%, up to 1,010 in 2006. More than 40,000 people are injured each year as a result of crashes in work zones.
Improvements in our highway infrastructure will benefit all American by creating safer roadways, providing jobs, and alleviating congestion, in turn saving time and energy otherwise spent commuting. Throughout these infrastructure improvements, more attention must be given to safety and the prevention of work zone accidents, which take the lives of construction workers, motorists, and pedestrians. Our nation needs to build better roads, bridges, and transit systems without sacrificing the safety of motorists, pedestrians, and workers.
