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Date:
May
16, 2007
Lunch will start at 11:30, and
the presentations will begin at 12:00.
Place:
Shilo
Inn, George Washington Way,
Richland WA
Meal:
Buffet (Chef’s
choice) $15 per person.
Please pay cash or check to
treasurer at the meeting.
RSVP:
Paul
Harmsen, [email protected]
or 509-374-4248 by May 15th, 2007.
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Topic:
Benton Franklin
Council of Governments Transportation Plans and a brief summary of the new
Columbia River Bridge Concept.
About the Speaker:
Mark
Kushner,Transportation Director
Mark was born, raised, and educated in Washington State.
A graduate of Central
Washington University
in 1977, he holds a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Land Studies and
a Minor in Environmental Science. Upon
graduation from college, Mark was hired as an Engineering Technician for
the Washington State Department of Transportation where he was employed
until 1988. Plan preparation, special studies, and public transportation
planning along the I-82 and I-182 freeway corridor were his specialty.
For the past eighteen years he has been Transportation
Programs Manager/Director for the Benton-Franklin Council of Governments.
The Federal Highways, Federal Transit Administration, Regional
Transportation Planning Organization, and other regional transportation
planning programs are within his supervision.
Mark has numerous years of experience with the Federal
Surface Transportation Program (STP), a good relationship with elected
officials, past Chair of the Washington State Metropolitan and Rural
Statewide Planning Committee, past President of the local Chapter of the
Benton-Franklin-Walla Walla Counties Good Roads and Transportation
Association, and is the current Secretary of the Washington State Good
Roads and Transportation Association. He is also a member of the TRIDEC Air
Task Force on economic development. The Council of Governments staff has
received numerous compliments for their work on Certifying Transportation
Elements under the Growth Management Act, Regional Transportation Plan
efforts, and Transit Special studies.
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