Drivers hit summer slowdown as construction crews go to work

By Liz Essley

Published May 25, 2013 4:00am ET

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Drivers hit summer slowdown as construction crews go to work — Andrew Harnik/Examiner Traffic makes its way through road construction along P Street at Dupont Circle in Northwest. The District would be the last jurisdiction in the nation to increase penalties for drivers who disobey traffic laws in work zones under legislation unanimously adopted Tuesday by a D.C. Council committee. Ward 1 Council Member Jim Graham, chair of the public works and environment committee, introduced the bill in February to further address the problem of speeding, particularly along busy city commuter corridors. The District has seen a steady decrease in work zone crashes in recent years: 398 in 2004, 311 in 2005 and 286 last year. In Washington, DC on Tuesday September 25, 2007. | Andrew Harnik

Drivers, get ready for summer stop-and-go.

That’s the message from Washington-area transportation agencies as they roll out their construction crews for the intense road work possible only in the summer, when temperatures are high enough and rain rare enough to let them to put down lots of pavement.

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