Work Zone Safety
New legislation would install speed cameras in work zones across Michigan (WSBT, 11/13/24)
- MITA Mention: MITA Vice President of Government Affairs Lance Binoniemi said, “In Michigan alone, we had 24 fatalities last year, and almost 8,000 accidents in our work zones. And so we saw this as an important way to protect our workers that are behind the orange barrels in an effective way to slow down speeders and to get them to pay more attention.”
Automated Speed Cameras Could Come to Construction Zones (WJR, 11/11/24)
- MITA Mention: Interview with Lance
Michigan Senate approves two work zone safety bills that would allow for automated speed cameras (CBS Detroit, 11/8/24)
New legislation aims to reduce work zone fatalities, increase motorist awareness (WWMT, 11/13/24)
- MITA Mention: The Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association (MITA) said, on average, from 2017 to 2022 each year 20 construction workers died because of someone speeding. Last year, that number rose to 25.
MITA’s Vice President of Government Affairs, Lance Binoniemi, thinks the bills could save a lot of lives as he reflects on the state’s most recent death. He said just two weeks ago, a work zone employee was killed by someone speeding in Detroit.
“This legislation is an attempt to slow traffic down; make sure that people are more alert within a work zone so they are paying attention to those individuals who are on the other side of the orange barrels,” Binoniemi said.
State legislature approves bill to allow automated speeding cameras in work zones (ABC 12, 11/14/24)
- MITA Mention: There is reason to think the cameras could make a major impact. According to the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association, when Maryland put similar cameras in place, they saw an 80 percent reduction in speeders, and fatalities dropped in half within the first three years.
‘It would raise people’s level of concern.’ Michigan Senate approves speed cameras in work zones (WXYZ, 11/9/24)
Michigan Senate Passes Bills for Automated Speed Enforcement in Work Zones, Awaiting House Vote and Governor Whitmer’s Decision (Hoodline, 11/9/24)
- MITA Mention: Rob Coppersmith, executive vice president of MITA, emphasized the heightened danger zones these construction sites represent, echoing the sentiment in a statement cited by The Detroit News.
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