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WKTV Journal: In Focus offers discussion of roadway work zone safety

Jerry Byrne, deputy managing director of operations for the Kent County Road Commission, on the set of WKTV Journal: In Focus. (WKTV)

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On the latest episode of WKTV’s public affairs show,  “WKTV Journal: In Focus”, there is roadwork happening all over the region, and winter not far away, so who better to talk with than the deputy managing director of the Kent County Road Commission as he discusses the public’s role in work zone safety and winter driving safety.

 

 

 

Also on the show Godfrey-Lee Public School superintendent Kevin Polston talks about the opportunities — not challenges — his district offers, including have a large Hispanic student body from households where Spanish my still be the dominate language.

 

The new episode will air twice a week on WKTV channels starting this week and running through Oct. 5. Along with all episodes of WKTV Journal: In Focus, the new interviews are also available on YouTube at WKTVVideos.

 

“Motorists need to be aware, when you see flashing lights, amber or green, that there is a municipal worker working within the road right-of-way,” said Jerry Byrne, deputy managing director of operations for the Kent County Road Commission, in an interview with In Focus host Ken Norris. “You (the public) have to give their undivided attention in work zones … give it 100 percent of your attention for that few minutes.”

 

“WKTV Journal: In Focus” will air on Tuesdays and Thursdays, at 6:30 p.m., on cable television in the Wyoming and Kentwood areas on Comcast WKTV Channel 26 and on AT&T Channel 99 Government channel.

 

Visit here for a YouTube video of the Kevin Polston episode available. https://youtu.be/d1OwoltztSI