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emphasized that this was not an exercise program and was not strenuous. It is incorporated into the daily Safety Meeting each morning before workers leave for field job sites and is required of all workers unless they have a doctor’s excuse.

The program, which follows the lead of several other states, began last week in the Washington VDOT office.

Not everybody is happy to start their workday with a stretch. “With the roads in the shape they are in, I don’t agree that state employees should be wasting taxpayers’ money doing exercises,” said one VDOT employee who asked not to be identified.

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