April 9, 2025

By Lane Kimble

The risk the men and women who build and maintain our roads and bridges face every day became especially apparent in 2024.

Two construction workers from WTBA companies were hit and killed in separate crashes last season. Preliminary data from the Wisconsin State Patrol shows 10 people–many of them drivers–were killed in the more than 2,100 work zone crashes in Wisconsin in 2024.

It’s why WTBA and WisDOT are urging all drivers to pay special attention and care while driving through work zones, not only during this month’s national Work Zone Awareness Week but all season long.

Wisconsin will hold its local 2025 awareness week kickoff event along I-90/94 near Madison on Monday, April 21 at 11 a.m. WTBA members are encouraged to attend.

Please contact Lane Kimble for details if you’d like to show your support.

WTBA has worked with WisDOT to coordinate five regional work zone safety events throughout the 2025 season for the third straight year, helping keep work zone safety top of mind during spring, summer, and fall.

Details about this year’s events will be available as they get closer.