National Work Zone Awareness Week

Download the NWZAW poster, event guides and more resources

2026 is the 27th year of National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW), a vital initiative to spread the nationwide message of roadway safety and raise critical attention to the risks that workers, motorists and pedestrians face in roadway work zones every single day. This year’s theme is straightforward: “Safe actions save lives.” Using the event guides and other resources available, you and your team can promote NWZAW, roadway and work zone safety and plan your own awareness event.

This year’s NWZAW is hosted by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT). CTDOT will hold the national kickoff event and press conference on Tuesday, April 21, and has arranged for a variety of national events that week but you can participate and share the message of safety no matter where you’re located.