6/2/17
by News Department on 06/02/17Memorial in Sch. Cty...
The state Department of Transportation brought its Workers Memorial to Schuylkill County to remind drivers to use caution when traveling through work zones.
The memorial was set up Wednesday at PennDOT’s maintenance office in Schuylkill Haven and will remain there for a week before traveling throughout the other counties in PennDOT’s District 5.
The memorial, made up of 87 reflective vests and hardhats mounted on stands, represent a PennDOT employee killed while working since 1970.
PennDOT will be taking the traveling memorial to the five other counties that make up District 5 over the next several weeks to bring attention to work zone safety.
The district includes Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton and Schuylkill counties.
For more information on traffic safety, visit the “Work Zone” information center at www.penndot.gov/safety.
