Work Zone Safety Clause Samples

Work Zone Safety. The objective of the National Highway Work Zone Safety Program (NHWZSP) is to enhance safety and operational efficiency of highway work zones for highway users — motorists, pedestrians, motorcyclists, bicyclists, including the elderly highway users — and highway workers. The safe and efficient flow of traffic through work zones is a major concern to transportation officials, industry, the public, businesses, and commercial motor carriers. The FHWA has developed the National Highway Work Zone Safety Program (NHWZSP) to reduce the fatalities and injurious crashes in work zones, and to enhance traffic operation and safety within work zones. The Work Zone Safety and Mobility Rule were published on September 9, 2004 in the Federal Register. All state and local governments that receive federal-aid funding are required to comply with the provisions of the rule no later than October 12, 2007. The rule updates and broadens the former regulation at 23 CFR 630 Subpart J to address more of the current issues affecting work zone safety and mobility. The changes to the regulation will encourage broader consideration of the safety and mobility impacts of work zones across project development, and the implementation of strategies that help manage these impacts during project delivery. A number of provisions to address the safety of motorists, pedestrians, and highway construction workers in highway construction work zones are included. A new grant program, funded at $5 million per year beginning in 2006, will fund work zone safety training, including a National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse, and improved work zone traffic control devices, including high-visibility garments for workers.