roadwork
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In many cases, the barriers are still there, but little or no roadwork has happened.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
The Park Service eventually sent the mine operators and two contractors a $213,387 bill for costs and damages stemming from the incident, along with the roadwork allegedly performed the previous May.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025
Crews said the car collided with a highways roadwork protection vehicle within a closed work zone and the driver had become trapped.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2025
Highway 101, where major roadwork has raised traffic fears.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
The highway narrows to one lane, and we’re stuck behind a tractor-trailer driving the precise roadwork speed limit of thirty-five mph.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
China's Baidu is also to launch in the British capital, where winding streets, roadworks and pedestrian traffic bring unique challenges.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Willie Hamilton, the firm's operations director, said a significant increase in roadworks was his biggest headache.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025
You can check for planned roadworks and closures in England on the National Highways website.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025
Meanwhile, roadworks and maintenance, all but abrogated in recent years due to the government’s financial woes, have been in full swing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2025
A burned house in a clearing and beyond that a reach of meadowlands stark and gray and a raw red mudbank where a roadworks lay abandoned.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
