The Kansas Department Transportation and its safety partners are going orange during National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 20-24, to help raise awareness and reduce crashes in work zones.
Safety is important for both the highway workers and motorists. About 9 out of 10 people injured each year in work zone crashes are motorists. Ten people lost their lives and 482 were injured on Kansas roads where there was average of 4.2 work zone crashes every day (1,523 crashes) in 2025.
People are encouraged to show support for highway workers and wear something orange on Wednesday, April 22, which is Go Orange Day in Kansas.
Buildings, bridges, fountains and more will be lit in orange throughout the safety week. In addition to many KDOT buildings across the state, participating locations include:
- Governor’s Mansion in Topeka
- Visitors Center in the Capitol
- Front of the Topeka City Hall building
- Front of the Wichita City Hall building
- Evergy Plaza/downtown Kansas Avenue lights in Topeka
- Bridges at U.S. 54/Webb Road junction and U.S. 54/Greenwich Road in Wichita
- Travel Information Center on I-70 near Goodland
- City of Neodesha fountain
- Kansas Turnpike Authority buildings in Topeka and Wichita
- Buildings in Parsons, Garnett and Salina.
- Electronic message signs along highways across the state will also promote work zone safety when available.
- Bridge at I-35/119th Street in Olathe
Check out all the information on KDOT’s work zone safety webpage. There are coloring pages, an activity book, a work zone safety fact sheet, a new Public Service Announcement that’s being aired across the state and more.
The Go Orange effort is part of National Work Zone Awareness Week, a national safety campaign that KDOT and numerous partner organizations participate in every year. The campaign highlights the dangers faced by highway workers and motorists in work zones and encourages motorists to use safer driving behaviors.
