Causeway one.network today announced a major milestone in protecting Florida workers and drivers around the state’s road construction sites. Last week the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) in collaboration with Causeway one.network completed its 50,000th lane closure using the state’s Lane Closure Notification System (LCNS), powered by Causeway one.network’s Live Link solution.

Florida DOT was the first agency in the United States to deploy Live Link, which allows authorized users to plan and publish lane and road closure information to America’s major navigation providers, including Waze, Google, and Apple Maps, using an intuitive mobile app right from the work zone. With just a few clicks, workers can notify the public of active work zones, speed limit changes and even announce the presence of workers.

FDOT launched the LCNS as a pilot in August 2022, and following its success, entered into a 3-year deployment agreement in 2023. Since then, the solution has been fully adopted statewide with more than 2,800 FDOT employees, construction engineering and inspection (CEI) teams, and contractors using the Causeway one.network solution in their daily operations.

To date, nearly 1,000 users have actively used the system to manage lane closures across more than 12,000 miles of state roads spanning all seven FDOT districts and Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise.

Paul Madeira, Causeway one.network’s Chief International Growth Officer, noted the poignance of reaching such a significant milestone as the nation focuses on work zone safety.

“Our company is fully committed to worker and driver safety,” he said. “Our colleagues at FDOT share those values and together, we’ve been able to accomplish something important.” The Florida Transportation Builders’ Association has been an important and enthusiastic advocate for the program, helping drive successful adoption of Live Link across their membership and championing FDOT’s approach to realizing safer work zones and smarter journeys

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