Work Zone Awareness

Take the Pledge  

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By adding my name, I am making a personal commitment to drive with care in work zones across Maine. I pledge to slow down, stay alert, and respect the people working just feet from traffic. I recognize that my choices behind the wheel can save lives—and that a split-second decision can change lives forever, including my own.

National Work Zone Awareness Week - April 20-24, 2026 (2026 Video Campaign)
National Work Zone Awareness Week marks the start of the spring construction season and reminds drivers to use extra caution in workzones. Each year, transportation agencies, contractors, law enforcement, and community partners join together to call attention to the risks created by speeding, distraction, and impatience in work zones. Work zones are dangerous places for everyone on the road. Most of the lives lost in work zone crashes are drivers or vehicle occupants, which is why responsible driving is at the heart of this campaign.

This year’s national campaign theme, “Safe Actions Save Lives,” highlights how simple choices—slowing down, staying alert, and following posted directions—can prevent serious crashes and help ensure every person, including roadway workers, makes it home safely. Throughout the week, organizations host events and outreach activities to keep work zone safety visible and memorable. Signature efforts include a national “Go Orange Day” where people wear orange to honor victims, social media campaigns using #NWZAW, and moments of silence for those killed in work zone incidents. Maine is set to Go Orange on Wednesday, April 22. Use the hashtag #GoOrangeDay and #NWZAW to show your support.

About LD 1457 
Resolve to Allow the Maine Turnpike Authority to Conduct a Pilot Program to Implement Automated Speed Control Systems in Highway Work Zones

The Maine Turnpike Authority is proposing a 3-year pilot program to keep people safe at highway work zones—because signs and orange cones aren’t enough to protect crew working just feet from fast-moving traffic. This bill will allow cameras to record license plates of vehicles going more than 11 mph in active work zones. This is not a bill about cameras or generating more revenue. It’s a bill about safety. Speed monitoring technology will only be used when crews, engineers and others are actively working at a construction site. If a vehicle goes 11 miles per hour or more over the posted speed limit, the system takes a picture the license plate—similar to E-ZPass. The first speeding violation triggers a warning to the registered owner of the car; after that, a $100 ticket. At the end of the three-year pilot, the Turnpike Authority will report findings to lawmakers on how the program operated and its impact on work zone safety. Every dollar from violations goes directly into the State’s General Fund—none of it stays with the Turnpike Authority. The program uses no tax dollars. Personal information stays private, and all data is deleted within 30 days after the violation is resolved, whether by payment or final adjudication. This pilot is about making Maine’s Turnpike the safest interstate highway it can be. It’s about protecting lives-- workers and drivers alike.
 

 

 

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Maine Turnpike Worker Memorial​​

     

	Jeffrey Abbott		Wallace Danforth
	Glen Dunlap		Andre Ouellette