# Roadway Worker Protection
> **US Department of Transportation** · Final rule; response to petitions for reconsideration. · Published 1997-04-21 · Effective 1997-01-15 · 62 FR 19234
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-10230
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Transportation
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 19234
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 214
- **Publication date:** 1997-04-21
- **Effective date:** 1997-01-15
- **DOT docket:** FRA Docket No. RSOR 13, Notice No. 10
## Abstract

On December 16, 1996, FRA published its Final Rule on Roadway Worker Protection (61 FR 65959), which was the product of the agency's first regulatory negotiation. This rule promulgates standards to protect roadway workers while working on or near railroad tracks. In this document, FRA responds to concerns raised by two parties in petitions for reconsideration of the final rule.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/04/21/97-10230/roadway-worker-protection)
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