State DOT Officials Discuss Environmental Plans
The environment is on the minds of state DOT officials as they develop future plans.
Representatives of state DOTs discussed their environmental stewardship efforts during a special panel discussion at the Transportation and Climate Symposium hosted by the U.S. Department of Transportation at its Washington, D.C., headquarters recently.
That panel included Mike Carroll, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation; Jim Tymon, executive director of the AASHTO; Herman Stockinger, deputy executive director of the Colorado Department of Transportation; and Jerry Valdez, executive director of the Executive Projects Office within the New Mexico Department of Transportation.
“States in every part of the country are engaged in programs and projects to address the impact of climate change,” Tymon noted. That includes everything from the electrification of vehicle fleets to the development and deployment of "green" construction materials and flood warning systems for transportation infrastructure.
“The key is to provide states with flexibility,” Tymon explained. “Those efforts demonstrate that no single solution works in every place.” Read more from AASHTO.
Source: AASHTO
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