WI construction zone safety; workers issue plea ahead of holiday weekend [Video]

WAUKESHA, Wis. – More than 730,000 Wisconsin drivers are expected to hit the road for Memorial Day weekend.

But more drivers means chances of accidents, especially in work zones.

For 14 years, superintendent for Century Traffic Andy Bakker has worked just inches away from speeding vehicles.

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“I’m still not used to it,” Bakker said. “When you’re standing from me to you away, and you have a semi come by you and it shakes you, the wind will shake you, that’s how close we are to some of this traffic.”

Century Traffic focuses a lot on pavement marking. He and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation are bringing awareness to the dangers that roadside workers face every day.

Particularly, one incident on I-94 two years ago, when a distracted driver missed their warning signs and lights and almost slammed into his workers.

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