‘It’s got to stop’: US contractors demand action to make highway workers safer

Neil Gerrard Senior Editor, Construction Briefing

29 May 2024

The Ohio Turnpike curves through a construction area in the Cuyahoga Valley of Northeast Ohio amid autumn colors Image: Kenneth Sponsler via AdobeStock - stock.adobe.com

Michael Alford knows the dangers that speeding and distracted drivers can pose to highways workers only too well.

It’s just over a year since a paving superintendent working for S.T. Wooten Corporation, where Alford is vice president, heavy highway grading and utilities, was fatally struck by a vehicle in Raleigh, North Carolina.

“We know firsthand the dangers of working out in traffic. We have a couple of…

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