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<br /> FORUM OF<br /> THE FUTURE<br /> What lies ahead for TxDOT? Public policy leaders and influencers met at the 10th Annual Texas<br /> Transportation Forum to discuss transforming transportation to meet the needs of tomorrow.<br /> VOLUME 40 | ISSUE 2 | MARCH/APRIL 2015<br /> Message from the Executive Director<br /> For years, transportation groups have called for additional investment in the state's<br /> infrastructure. And last year, Texans sent a clear message for transportation when they<br /> voted to transfer some of the funding from oil and gas production taxes to the state<br /> highway fund.<br /> The $1.74 billion from Proposition 1 — along with funding from other sources — will<br /> advance more than 200 projects around the state, including projects that will add lanes<br /> to overcrowded roads, build interchanges to connect major roadways, add passing lanes<br /> and shoulders to make roads safer and rehab some roads that are much in need of repair.<<a title="7869-TN Mar_Apr_Issue_Zmag_NP page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85fdc238?page=1"> FORUM OF THE FUTURE What lies ahead for TxDOT? Pu</a> <a title="7869-TN Mar_Apr_Issue_Zmag_NP page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85fdc238?page=2"> Message from the Executive Director For years, </a> <a title="7869-TN Mar_Apr_Issue_Zmag_NP page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85fdc238?page=3"> FEATURED STORIES 12 WINTER STORM RESPONSE </a> <a title="7869-TN Mar_Apr_Issue_Zmag_NP page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85fdc238?page=4"> FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW RIGHT NOW THINGS </a> <a title="7869-TN Mar_Apr_Issue_Zmag_NP page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85fdc238?page=5"> FORMER DISTRICT ENGINEER Receives French Legion o</a> <a title="7869-TN Mar_Apr_Issue_Zmag_NP page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85fdc238?page=6"> TxDOT TALK From the Pan</a> <a title="7869-TN Mar_Apr_Issue_Zmag_NP page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85fdc238?page=7"> City, state and local officials </a> <a title="7869-TN Mar_Apr_Issue_Zmag_NP page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85fdc238?page=8"> A NEW </a> <a title="7869-TN Mar_Apr_Issue_Zmag_NP page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85fdc238?page=9"> The theme for this year's forum was Transformatio</a> <a title="7869-TN Mar_Apr_Issue_Zmag_NP page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85fdc238?page=10"> A NEW YEAR, A NEW FOCUS Continued from previous p</a> <a title="7869-TN Mar_Apr_Issue_Zmag_NP page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85fdc238?page=11"> AUSTIN DISTRICT EARNS EXCELLENCE AWARD Austin </a> <a title="7869-TN Mar_Apr_Issue_Zmag_NP page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85fdc238?page=12"> Crews — Cold vs. — x </a> <a title="7869-TN Mar_Apr_Issue_Zmag_NP page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85fdc238?page=13"> FORT WORTH DISTRICT'S COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF NA</a> <a title="7869-TN Mar_Apr_Issue_Zmag_NP page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85fdc238?page=14"> Behind the Scenes ————— at ————— Houston TranStar</a> <a title="7869-TN Mar_Apr_Issue_Zmag_NP page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85fdc238?page=15"> Tiffany Lopez, a transportation tech, checks mult</a> <a title="7869-TN Mar_Apr_Issue_Zmag_NP page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85fdc238?page=16"> g g y </a> <a title="7869-TN Mar_Apr_Issue_Zmag_NP page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85fdc238?page=17"> Sam Reyes, Recycling and Sustainability Program c</a> <a title="7869-TN Mar_Apr_Issue_Zmag_NP page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85fdc238?page=18"> “Peering through the Sands of Time,” published by</a> <a title="7869-TN Mar_Apr_Issue_Zmag_NP page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85fdc238?page=19"> BUILDING THE NEXT ICONIC DALLAS BRIDGE Above i</a> <a title="7869-TN Mar_Apr_Issue_Zmag_NP page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85fdc238?page=20"> BRAZOS RIVER BRIDGES WIN ENGINEERING AWARD TxDOT'</a> <a title="7869-TN Mar_Apr_Issue_Zmag_NP page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85fdc238?page=21"> ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY TURNS 30 On March 9, 1985, now re</a> <a title="7869-TN Mar_Apr_Issue_Zmag_NP page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85fdc238?page=22"> HIKE-AND-BIKE TRAIL PROJECT A FIRST FOR SAN ANGEL</a> <a title="7869-TN Mar_Apr_Issue_Zmag_NP page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85fdc238?page=23"> Sober Rides are the GAME PLAN Game Plan During F</a> <a title="7869-TN Mar_Apr_Issue_Zmag_NP page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85fdc238?page=24"> I AM A… Doug Finnigan, a 22-year veteran of T</a> <a title="7869-TN Mar_Apr_Issue_Zmag_NP page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85fdc238?page=25"> DOUG FINNIGAN WHAT M</a> <a title="7869-TN Mar_Apr_Issue_Zmag_NP page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85fdc238?page=26"> EMPLOYEE Wynelle McDonald Tyler District, Adminis</a> <a title="7869-TN Mar_Apr_Issue_Zmag_NP page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85fdc238?page=27"> Where Am I? 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