Best Practice

BEST PRACTICE:

B4−5: Regional Work Zone Workshops

DESCRIPTION:

The Midwest Work Zone Roundtable has been meeting since the early 1990s to discuss best practices and common issues, standards and specifications, policies, and procedures related to work zone traffic management and temporary traffic control. Representatives from Midwest States that participate include Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, and Minnesota. The Roundtable holds an informal meeting, typically each year, allowing participants to seek and receive feedback from peers on work zone−related issues and ideas. Participants include traffic control specialists, typically one to three representatives from each State who are responsible for work zone training, process reviews, and specifications development, as well as members of the corresponding FHWA Divisions. Participants point to growing participation and more uniform work zone set−up, practices, and guidance among participating States as evidence of the group's success.

REASON(S) FOR ADOPTING:

The roundtable was established so that the State personnel involved in the administration of the work zone programs could get together and share practices and discuss common concerns.

PRIMARY BENEFIT(S):

More uniform work zone set−up, practices, and guidance among participating States as evidence of the group's success.

MOST APPLICABLE LOCATION(S)/PROJECT(S):

All facilities. All types of work.

STATE(S) WHERE USED:

Former FHWA Region 5 States

SOURCE/CONTACT(S):

Ken Wood, FHWA Resource Center
Phone: (703) 283−4340
E−mail: ken.wood@dot.gov