Jan 15, 2010
WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH...

…AWP gets going! When record snow and ice storms pummeled the Mid Atlantic states beginning December 20, 2009, AWP sprang into action to assist American Electric Power (AEP) in its restoration of electric service to more than 1.6 million customers in Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, and West Virginia. Forsaking their Christmas and New Year’s holidays, the AWP storm team, consisting of over 135 employees, moved into the affected regions within 48 hours of the initial call to provide traffic control assistance to line crews assembled from all over the country. Facing two feet of snow, bitter cold temperatures, more than 7,000 downed power lines and 400 broken poles, AWP employees safely and consistently guided area motorists around the emergency work areas without incident or delay.

This storm event was the second largest in AWP history, topped only by a tornado event in Northeast Ohio in May 2003. “This kind of event and response sets our company apart from anyone else in the traffic control business,” said AWP President Bill Fink. “When minutes and hours count for our customers, they certainly know who to call,” Mr. Fink went on to say.

Just another reminder as to why AWP is America’s traffic control leader.

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