NEWS FOR 2013 

2013 National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 15-19 –

"Work Zone Safety: We're All In This Together"

The third annual Connecticut Roadway Poster Contest for Children is currently accepting submissions. The contest categories are K-1st grade, 2nd – 4th grade and 5th – 6th grade.  The contest is put on by the Connecticut Technology Transfer Center (T2 Center) at UCONN along with the CT Department of Transportation’s Highway Safety Office, the Work Zone Safety Awareness Working Group, and the CT Police Chiefs Association and it aims to promote roadway safety through art. Posters should be submitted to the UCONN T2 Center by March 15, 2013. The guidelines for the contest can be found here –   2013 Roadway Safety Poster Contest for Children

2012 winners from left to right: Honorable Mention- Aishwarya Benzy; K-2^nd category winner- Kate McAvoy, 3^rd Place- Olivia Brancati; 2^nd Place- Vanessa Polidoro; and 1^st Place- Madison Moran.

CT Work Zone Safety ‘Work Zone Wally’ Mascot's Name

EVERYONE COUNTS WHEN IT COMES TO BEING SAFE IN WORK ZONES

Pedestrians    Motorcycles     and Bicyclists   

Other Resources MAP-21 Moving Ahead For Progress in the 21st Century
Federal Highway Administration	American Traffic Safety Services
National Work Zone Safety Information Clearing House	New England Laborers' Health and Safety Fund
OSHA	CONN-OSHA
Manual on Uniform Traffic control Devices (MUTCD)	Other Links

   Send us your questions and comments.  Mail to DOT.CTworkzone@ct.gov