The Highway Patrol will conduct Operation Road Watch beginning Tuesday, July 21 at 6a.m. in Mecklenburg County. Road Watch is a 48 hour multi-agency enforcement event that focuses on commercial motor vehicle inspections with an emphasis on commercial motor vehicle driver violations, aggressive driving around commercial motor vehicles, unsecured load violations, hazardous materials being transported across state boundaries and motor carrier fuel violations.

The goal of Road Watch is to reduce collisions involving big trucks and other vehicles.

Troopers will conduct safety inspections on commercial motor vehicles on I-77 in Mecklenburg County and other highways in the area during the operation.

A press event will be held on Tuesday, July 21, at 11:00 a.m. at the Welcome Center on I-77 in Mecklenburg County. Representatives from the Highway Patrol and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will speak at the event.

For additional information please call Captain Everett Clendenin at 919-733-5027.