Ask Matt ... how flaggers manage the stop-and-goFlaggers are the most visible part of road construction traffic management. Related StoriesThey’re called flaggers and they have the power to stop a Mack truck. I spoke to a young flagger by the name of Elijah who was working a single-lane traffic stop for utility work on North Main Street. “Our flaggers start at $16 per hour and we give them one day of training plus they shadow experienced flaggers,” Bromley, a former Jersey City fireman, told me. Flaggers are given ice packs and coolers on hot days and there is always another flagger available for emergency replacement.