Work Zone Mobility and Safety Program
Table of Contents

Appendices A and B

Appendix A. Workshop Agenda

Appendix B. Introductory Presentation

Appendix A. Workshop Agenda

Work Zone Focus State Initiative Workshop

April 19–20, 2005

McLean, VA

Facilitator: April Armstrong, SAIC
Recorder: Jennifer Seplow, SAIC

April 19, 2005, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Time Activity Presenter
8:00 – 8:30 Registration/Breakfast empty cell
8:30 – 8:45 Welcome and Introductions Regina McElroy, FHWA
Roemer Alfelor, FHWA
8:45 – 9:15 Work Zone Self Assessment/Why Public Outreach? Tracy Scriba, FHWA
9:15 – 9:20 Overview of an Outreach Strategy Jennifer Seplow/April Armstrong, SAIC
9:20 – 10:00

Work Zone Communication and Outreach Strategies – Barriers and Obstacles

  • What are the general or project-specific barriers and obstacles that you face in implementing communications and outreach strategies for your work zone projects—you may apply this to one particular project you are facing or to WZ projects in general in your state.
 Large Group
10:00 – 10:15 Break empty cell
Listening Session
10:15 – 10:45 Public Outreach Practices - Lessons Learned from an Informal Survey Will Mallett/Jakia Torrence, Battelle
10:45 – 11:15 Springfield Interchange Improvement Project – Virginia   Steven Titunik, Communications Director, VDOT Springfield Interchange Project
11:15 – 11:45 I-29 Project – Fargo, North Dakota Kevin Gorder, ND DOT
11:45 – 12:45 Lunch empty cell
12:45 – 1:15 511 for Work Zone Information – North Carolina Jo Ann Oerter, NC DOT
Discussion/Breakout Session
1:15 – 2:15

Laying the Groundwork: Strategies for Overcoming Obstacles

  • What strategies could be implemented to overcome the identified obstacles and improve WZ communications and outreach efforts?  
 Breakout Groups
2:15 – 2:30 Break empty cell
2:30 – 4:30 Development of the Framework for an Outreach Strategy AND an Action Plan to implement the Outreach Strategy Breakout Groups

April 20, 2005, 8:00 am – 11:35 am
Time Activity Presenter
8:00 – 8:30 Sign-In/Breakfast empty cell
8:30 – 9:30 Development of the Framework for an Outreach Strategy AND an Action Plan to implement the Outreach Strategy (cont) Breakout Groups
9:30 – 9:40 Break empty cell
9:40 – 10:00 Finalization of Action Plans and Preparation to Present State/Field Office Groups
10:00 – 11:30 Sharing and Peer-Review of Action Plans Large Group
11:30 – 11:35 Summary and Conclusion Roemer Alfelor, FHWA

B. Introductory Presentation


  • Overview of Work Zone Focus State Initiative (HTML, PPT 443KB)

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