Texas Department of Public Safety begins its start of the annual construction season and began its annual campaign encouraging safe driving through highway construction sites and in honor of such, the City of Brownwood Proclaimed March 23-27, 2015 as Work Zone Awareness Week.

Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem Draco Miller presented TxDOT officials with a proclamation recognizing the agency and its employees and private contractors for doing their part to build and improve roads and bridges in the state.

The proclamation states that road work is a hazardous occupation with 10-15% of work zone fatalities being workers and 85-90% of fatalities in work zone crashes being drivers and passengers.

Miller proclaimed March 23-27, 2015 as Work Zone Awareness Week in the city of Brownwood and encouraged all citizens to slow down and devote their undivided attention in work zones and watch for the men and women who are working to improve our state’s streets, highways and bridges.

Pictured above is Miller presenting the proclamation to TxDOT Brownwood’s District Engineer Elias Rmelli and other TxDOT representatives.