April 23rd, 2025 by WCBC Radio

Governor Moore has proclaimed Wednesday, April 23, as “Go Orange Day,” and Government House in Annapolis will be lit orange that day. Other events in Maryland associated with National Work Zone Awareness Week include the third annual Unity Ride procession of state and contractor vehicles, also April 23, from 11 a.m. to noon around the west side of I-695 and passing by the March 2023 crash site; a social media “storm” Thursday, April 24, and a moment of silence Friday, April 25, encouraging the public to pause 60 seconds to honor lives lost in work zone crashes. 

At a press event on a closed segment of I-695 (Baltimore Beltway) near MD 151 and North Point Boulevard in Sparrows Point, Lieutenant Governor Miller discussed the urgent need for drivers to pay attention in work zones, slow down and adhere to Maryland’s Move Over Law, which requires drivers to slow down or, if possible, move over one lane when approaching any stopped car or other vehicle with hazard lights or warning signals. 

Last year the state implemented several recommendations from the Work Zone Safety Work Group, including allowing speed cameras to be placed in more work zones and increasing the number of cameras in larger work zones. The new fine structure for work zone speed violations took effect January 1, 2025, and is a provision of the Maryland Road Worker Protection Act approved by the General Assembly in 2024. The tiered system applies to citations issued from an automated speed enforcement system, and issues fines based on the speed a vehicle travels above the posted speed limit. Fines double when workers are present in the work zone.