Memorial Honoring NY’s Fallen Highway Workers Unveiled at NYS Fair

A new memorial dedicated to workers who lost their lives while protecting the public and maintaining safe highway systems in New York was unveiled by Governor Kathy Hochul at the New York State Fair on August 29. The memorial honors all transportation workers killed while performing their job duties on or near New York’s thousands of miles of highways, including State Department of Transportation and Thruway Authority employees, municipal highway workers, contractors, consultants, and towing service employees.