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Work Zone Billboard Contest: 2025 winners

The winning designs were selected by a panel comprised of MassDOT, CIM, and MAAPA senior management based on creativity, impact, and relevance to the NWZAW theme, "Respect the zone so we all get home."
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Jonathan Gulliver, Carrie Lavallee, Neil Boudreau, Chuck Latvis, Jeff Mahoney, and Josh Katz, Aayushi Patel, and Mary Cole group photo at the Innovation Conference

Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver, Deputy Administrator & Chief Engineer Carrie Lavallee, Assistant Administrator for Traffic & Safety Neil Boudreau, MAAPA Executive Director Chuck Latvis, CIM Executive Director Jeff Mahoney, and CIM Director of Government Affairs Josh Katz presented the awards to our winners, Aayushi Patel, Mary Cole, and Nico Anderberg (not pictured).

2025 Work Zone Billboard contest winners. Second place winner Mary Cole (left) and first place winner Aayushi Patel (right)

Mary Cole (left) and Aayushi Patel (right)

First place - with a 3-month billboard display and $1000 scholarship

design includes dark blue background with a road on the right with a flagger road sign. The theme is on the right side and the word home is highlighted

Aayushi Patel, Northeastern University ‘26

Second place - with a 2-month billboard display and $600 scholarship

design includes blue background with a road vertically in the middle with road work ahead road sign and traffic cones. The theme is on both sides of the road.

Mary Cole, Middlesex Community College ‘26

Third place - with a 1-month billboard display and $400 scholarship

design is divided in two sections. The background on the left is a partly cloudy sky with "respect the zone" on a caution sign. The background on the right is solid green with the text "so we all get home"

Nico Anderberg, UMass Amherst ‘25

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