With many local projects underway this month in Door and Kewaunee counties, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation reminds you to stay safe while traveling. From April 2021 to November 2021, there was more than eight work zone crashes daily in Wisconsin, working out to approximately one every three hours.  Since 2017, Wisconsin work zones have seen over 12,400 crashes resulting in 62 deaths and 4,780. Mark Kantola from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation says you can do some simple things to make sure you get to where you need to go and construction workers can go home safely.

Last year, speed, tailgating, and distracted driving were the most common factors for work zone crashes. Construction crews are a couple of weeks into their project on Highway 42/57 in Sturgeon Bay, while work on State Highway 29 in Kewaunee began this week.