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WEATHERING<br />
THE STORM<br />
TxDOT had a big job getting Texas back on its feet after<br />
the February winter storm. Learn how our employees<br />
pulled together and worked through one of the largest<br />
storms in Texas history.<br />
VOLUME 45 | ISSUE 3 | MAY/JUNE 2021<br />
MY TURN<br />
A TxDOT story from the heart<br />
JAMES BASS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR<br />
EDITOR’S NOTE: At the end of May, James Bass will retire as the department’s 22nd executive director. And while<br />
he moves on to his next life adventure, he leaves behind a wealth of colleagues and friends who will miss him. In his<br />
last column in TN, he shares his thoughts about his three decades of service and the people who served with him.<br />
I<br />
t is hard for me to imagine that some 36 years<br />
ago in the summer of 1985 I was preparing f<a title="TNMAG0521 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f00f803c?page=1"> READ A FAREWELL MESSAGE FROM JAMES BASS page 2 </a>
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