<br />
TRUE GRIT<br />
FROM PREPARATIONS TO REBUILDING,<br />
TxDOT SHOWED UP IN FORCE TO HELP<br />
IN THE FACE OF HURRICANE HARVEY.<br />
VOLUME 42 | ISSUE 6 | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017<br />
JAMES BASS<br />
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR<br />
2017 is almost over, and it won’t be<br />
long before we’ll be reading and seeing<br />
those end-of-year stories about events<br />
that shaped our world. For Texas,<br />
Hurricane Harvey will be at the top of<br />
the list. That Category 4 storm battered<br />
the Gulf Coast in late August. It was a<br />
devastating storm for Texas, and in<br />
typical TxDOT fashion, we stepped up,<br />
helped out and worked hard to help<br />
the state return to some semblance of<br />
normalcy. You can read more about our<br />
efforts on page 10.<br />
But in spite of Harvey, 2017 was filled<br />
with some very bright spots for our<br />
TxDOT family.<br />
One of our biggest accomplishments<br />
is the celebration of our 1<a title="TNMAG1117 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=1"> TRUE GRIT FROM PREPARATIONS TO REBUILDING, TxDOT </a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=2"> JAMES BASS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2017 is almost</a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=3"> 10 ON THE COVER TxDOT employees from across the s</a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=4"> 1 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW RIGHT NOW Bugg nam</a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=5"> COMMUNICATIONS AND TRAVEL DIVISIONS WIN BIG AT TR</a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=6"> TxDOT TALK AROUND THE STATE From the Panhandle to</a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=7"> Groundbreaking for I-20 in Eastland County The</a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=8"> SECURITY MATTERS Wi-Fi SECURITY W </a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=9"> TEXANS CARING FOR TEXANS HONORS TxDOT EMPLOYEES </a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=10"> COVER STORY </a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=11"> TRUE GRIT: TxDOT RESPONDS TO HURRICANE HARVEY Edi</a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=12"> COVER STORY “ </a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=13"> commander for TxDOT’s storm response. “This st</a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=14"> COVER STORY Continued from page 13 </a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=15"> Coming together “So far, the response to ou</a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=16"> FEATURE STORY CONFRONTING A CRISIS: OPIOIDS AND</a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=17"> PLUGGED IN FEATURE STORY FLEET TESTS ELECTRI</a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=18"> FEATURE STORY HONORING EXCELLENCE AT THE 2017 </a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=19"> FEATURE STORY BEAUMONT DISTRICT I-1</a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=20"> FEATURE STORY Continued from page 19 ODESSA DIS</a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=21"> TxDOT traffic safety specialists across the state</a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=22"> Austin District employees took to the street to g</a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=23"> TEXTING WHILE DRIVING NOW PROHIBITED I</a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=24"> I am an… D ebbie Dutschke, an office</a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=25"> What does an office technician do? Describe a typ</a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=26"> EMPLOYEE Daniel Holman Engineering Technician • L</a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=27"> Where Am I? Here is a photo depicting an identifi</a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=28"> MILESTONES 2017 SEPTEMBER SERVICE AWARDS DISTRIC</a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=29"> OCT0BER SERVICE AWARDS CONT. LAREDO 5 Felip</a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=30"> MILESTONES 2017 AUGUST RETIREE REPORT DISTRICTS </a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=31"> TxDOT Family Members Chime In Which Christmas so</a>
<a title="TNMAG1117 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/3a56a32c?page=32"> 125 E. 11th St. Austin, Texas 78701 ADDRESS SERVI</a>