PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release Thursday, April 14, 2011

Contact: Luke Bauman 763-477-3086

Transportation Plans for Wright County seminar recap

 

We had a lot of information imparted to us at April's Monthly Membership Event.

We'd like to thank River City Extreme for providing a great venue and wonderful food.

Our event was jointly sponsored by SRF Consulting Group, Inc. and WSB & Associates, Inc.

Our sponsors each led the way with a short introduction of their respective companies

Dave Montebello from SRF Consulting Group Inc. was up first.

Dave talked about the state of decline our state's transportation systems are in and the urgent need for everyone to become involved in the legislative process.

SRF had 45 years of expertise in designing transportation systems and urban spaces for the public and private sector. Their website is www.srfconsulting.com .

Next up was Doug Weiszhaar from WSB & Associates Inc.

Doug emphasized the fact that there are important pieces of legislation now pending that can have a huge impact transportation maintenance and expansion in the future. He went into some detail about specific pieces of pending legislation and the impact they may have on future transportation.

WSB & Associates Inc. is a Minnesota owned consulting firm providing services in the civil engineering, planning, environmental, and construction fields. Their website is www.wsbend.com .

Our main presenters were Jim Povich from MN/DOT district 3 and Wayne Fingalson, Wright County Engineer.

Jim talked about current and planned state and federal highway projects in and around Wright County . He supplied maps of the projects and cost estimates.

Finally it was Wright County engineer Wayne Fingalson's turn. Wayne gave us an extensive presentation on current and planned projects in Wright County road projects. He placed a particular emphasis on the state of disrepair of some our Wright County bridges.

It was a very informative lunch. I'm always amazed at the time, energy and resources needed to build and maintain our transportation infrastructure. Our transportation systems are critical to our overall success as a society.