Work Zone Safety and Mobility Process Review

The FHWA requires CDOT to conduct a Process Review every two years to review the Colorado Department of Transportation’s (CDOT’s) work zone safety and mobility (WZSM) processes and procedures. A CDOT task force was formed in May 2014 and met monthly to review the WZSM procedures, and to collect comments made by the following stakeholders involved in the Traffic Control Reviews (TCR) of their construction projects during the summer of 2014: Region design personnel, construction project engineers, and traffic operations personnel; Contractor traffic control supervisors (TCS), construction superintendents, and CDOT Maintenance. The CDOT task force reviewed the comments, and based on analysis and discussion of those comments and task force observations of work zone traffic control, identified key findings in the following areas:

• Proactive Accountability for WZSM Requirements
• WZSM Training and Awareness
• WZ Public Information
• Complying with WZSM and Resource Needs
• Next Process Review