 April is construction season for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and they're preparing for numerous projects. Expect to see cabinet employees working on utility, landscaping and other construction jobs throughout the month. As always, be mindful of any workers out on the road as they appear more frequently. April kicks off construction season all across the Commonwealth and so in springtime when the weather starts improving you're going to start seeing those orange barrels and cones start springing up along roadways in Kentucky. And so we've got a lot of projects planned, everything from pothole patching to some bigger projects such as one along US 23 at Betsy Lane. We're going to be working the entrance there to the Betsy Lane High School. We've got utility projects, ditching and even things such as mowing and tree trimming that's going to be going on this year so you'll start seeing a lot more work zones. Do you worry about having enough money to last throughout retirement? Give Reed Potter at Raymond James a call. Reed has 26 years experience helping folks enjoy their best life in their retirement years. Emphasizing safety is a major part of construction season. Cabinet workers must be aware of their surroundings at all times. Yeah the main thing is it for the public we always have our warning signs out there, spec down expected you know cause work zones do change we do temporary work zones, mobile work zones, grass cutting. Sometimes we'll have emergency call outs so there's always changing work zones so it's always expect you know unexpected know what's going on and we have those warnings out there so always pay attention put your phone down and you know watch out for those changes. Benefits of workers and everybody here is just bringing everybody together get everybody on the same page putting the information out there so everybody knows what's going on and just being awareness right. The only thing that's going to protect you in the work zone or their employees out there is distance, visibility and having those safeguards in there because we work close to traffic because you have to have that balance of flow of traffic and work you know stop the road up so it's putting those out there and just trying to work together and get everybody together on the same page and have that flow going through reporting for mountaintop news i'm nick callum