Governor Scott Walker proclaimed this week as Work Zone Awareness Week as part of efforts to prevent traffic crashes, deaths and injuries in construction and maintenance areas along Wisconsin’s roadways. Drivers are asked to stay alert in work areas, which include major highway construction and rolling maintenance operations as well as emergency response, municipal projects and utility work along local roads. Wisconsin’s efforts are in coordination with National Work Zone Awareness Week. This year’s theme is “Work Zone Safety: Everybody’s Responsibility.” In 2017, Wisconsin recorded 2,763 crashes in work zones, including 1,067 injuries and six fatalities.