An Arkansas contractor has testified before a U.S. Senate committee to urge the creation of federal work zone safety guidelines.

“In 2000, nearly 1,100 people were killed in work zones and an additional 39,000 people were injured. What our country needs is a national policy on work zone safety,” said D.B. Hill III, president of DB Hill Contractors Inc. in Little Rock, AR.

Chairman of the AGC Highway Work Zone Safety Committee, Hill testified in mid-June before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation, Infrastructure and Nuclear Energy.

“AGC believes the national policy on work zone safety should have enough flexibility to allow state DOTs the room to be creative, and [that it] should include work zone traffic enforcement, public awareness and communication, and positive barrier separation,” Hill said.

Hill also testified on AGC recommendations that arose from a Highway Work Zone Safety Summit held in July 2001. Participants at that summit included representatives from labor and management, highway users, law enforcement, the insurance industry and other interested groups.

For more information,visit www.agc.org.

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