roadworks
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thumb|right|Replacing the old road with concrete Pavers (flooring)|pavers in Bo'ao Road area, [[Haikou City, Hainan, China.]] thumb|Worn asphalt concrete being removed before laying a new layer in [[Roberttown, UK ]] Roadworks, also called road construction or road work, occur when part of a road, or in rare cases, the entire road, has to be occupied for work relating to the road, most often in the case of road surface repairs. In the United States road work could also mean any work conducted in close proximity of travel way (thoroughfare) such as utility work or work on power lines (i.e. tele
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thumb|right|Replacing the old road with concrete Pavers (flooring)|pavers in Bo'ao Road area, [[Haikou City, Hainan, China.]] thumb|Worn asphalt concrete being removed before laying a new layer in [[Roberttown, UK ]] Roadworks, also called road construction or road work, occur when part of a road, or in rare cases, the entire road, has to be occupied for work relating to the road, most often in the case of road surface repairs. In the United States road work could also mean any work conducted in close proximity of travel way (thoroughfare) such as utility work or work on power lines (i.e. telephone poles). The general term of road work is known as work zone.
Roadworks can, however, also happen when a major accident occurs and road debris from the crash needs to be cleared.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “roadworks” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.