Ceremony 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 28, to Honor Fallen SCDOT Workers

he South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) will hold a ceremony Wednesday, April 28, 2021, to honor the men and women who have given their lives in service to SCDOT and the state of South Carolina.

The SCDOT Workers Memorial Day ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. in front of SCDOT Headquarters, 955 Park St., Columbia. This is the location of the SCDOT Workers Memorial, which was unveiled in 2018.

Scheduled speakers include Secretary of Transportation Christy A. Hall.

The Memorial honors SCDOT employees, dating back to the 1920s, killed while working on the highways as well as those who died on the job from natural causes.

The ceremony is expected to last approximately one hour.

The ceremony will be streamed via the SCDOT Internet page, www.scdot.org, and SCDOT Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/SCDOT.

MEDIA PARKING: inside the barricade at Park and Pendleton streets.

​SCDOT supports National Work Zone Awareness Week (April 26-30), an annual campaign held at the start of construction season to encourage safe driving through highway work zones. The key message is for drivers to use extra caution in work zones.

With continued progress from SCDOT’s Strategic 10-Year Plan to rebuild South Carolina’s roads and bridges, more work zones are in place all across South Carolina. SCDOT reminds motorists to remain alert and use caution. “Let ‘em Work. Let ‘em Live.”