This week is National Work Zone Awareness Week. Here’s what crews are seeing [Video]

This week is an important one for those who help create and fix our roads. It’s National Work Zone Awareness Week.

Last year in Michigan, there were over 7,000 work zone crashes. Of those, there were 1,800 injuries, and 108 of those injuries were serious.

There were also 20 deaths – two of whom were road workers.

I spoke to a crew with the Road Commission of Oakland County to get a better idea of what they are seeing on the roads.

The two forepersons I talked to in Oakland County oversee crews in the field to make sure they are safe, so they have seen some of the dangers in this line of work.

“The speed, the distracted driving. We may not go home at night,” John Boman said.

“It’s upsetting because we don’t want to see anyone hurt,” Lynette Evans added.

Unfortunately for Evans and Bowman, they have …