Arizona tackles work zone delays

This article provides some insights and potential solutions for highway agencies having difficulties minimizing traffic delays during construction projects. Two innovative programs developed by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), a motorist assist patrol and a travel-time incentive program, are introduced. These programs are used by ADOT to minimize motorist delays while reconstructing a 13-mile section of State Route 68, a rural corridor that cuts through high-desert landscape and the Black Mountains and is considered to be a major commuter route serving motorists traveling between Kingman and Bullhead City. Benefits-to-date of both programs are outlined and discussed.