PIERRE — With road construction firing up across the state, transportation officials are joining colleagues around the country in promoting safe driving and awareness of the dangers of work zones. This is National Work Zone Awareness Week and Pierre Regional Engineer Dean VanDeWiele with the South Dakota Department of Transportation says they want motorist to be attentive in construction zones…
VanDeWiele says the D-O-T works hard to make the public aware of future projects…
Today is a special day to show your support of highway workers…
VanDeWiele says workers can sometimes be as close as three feet from active traffic and need the public’s help to be aware of them while they could be focused in on the job of building better roads for the public.
