Sponsor
Timothy Patrick Sheehy
Senator · R-MT
Senator · R-MT
The bill funds a limited multi-State pilot to deliver integrated real-time work-zone and weather alerts—likely improving safety and producing evaluation data with relatively low near-term state cost—while creating potential privacy risks, possible future rollout costs, and delays for States not in the pilot.
Drivers and roadside workers will receive integrated, real-time work-zone and weather alerts delivered through navigation apps and telematics, reducing crash risk in and near work zones.
Participating State DOTs (including at least one rural State) can use existing 23 U.S.C. §402 funds to run the pilot, lowering the need for new state appropriations to test integrated alerting approaches.
The pilot requires development of technical protocols and a 3-year evaluation report, giving Congress and state/local governments actionable data on feasibility, costs, and safety impacts to inform any wider deployment.
If the pilot leads to a nationwide rollout, additional federal or state spending may be required, potentially increasing costs for taxpayers or state budgets.
Sharing and integrating real-time work-zone and location data with private navigation and telematics providers raises privacy and data-security risks for infrastructure and traveler location data.
States not selected for the 5-State pilot may face delays in accessing improved alert integration and its safety benefits until after evaluation and potential expansion.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Creates a DOT–NOAA pilot to integrate real-time National Weather Service hazard alerts with active work zone location/status data and evaluate nationwide deployment.
Official title: Require the Secretary of Transportation to establish a pilot program to improve roadway safety through real-time integration of weather hazard alerts and active work zone data, and for other purposes.
Introduced September 18, 2025 by Timothy Patrick Sheehy · Last progress September 18, 2025
Requires the Department of Transportation, working with NOAA, to run a pilot program that links real-time National Weather Service hazard alerts with active highway work zone location and status data to improve roadway safety. The pilot will create technical integration protocols, deploy and evaluate integrated alert systems with at least five voluntary State DOTs (including one rural State), allow use of certain highway safety funds for eligible activities, and report results and recommendations to congressional committees within three years.