MoDOT To Unveil New Devices To Keep Crews Safe

We’ll learn details today about new safety devices the state Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is using to keep work zone crews safe.

MoDOT and state troopers are urging you to slow down in work zones. MoDOT officials and Missouri State Highway Patrol Superintendent Colonel Eric Olson have called a news conference for today in Jefferson City, at the MoDOT Fallen Worker Memorial, which is near the Capitol. The names of 134 MoDOT employees who have been killed in the line of duty since 1932 are on the memorial.

During today’s news conference, MoDOT will describe a new safety tool called automated flagger assistance devices, which are aimed at protecting both MoDOT crews and motorists.