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State Transportation Commission
Meets in Olympia, May
23
Posted
5.18.07
Transportation Commission
Office - PO Box 47308 -
Olympia, WA 98504-7308
360-705-7070
Date: May
18, 2007
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Reema
Griffith, Transportation
Commission Executive
Director, 360-705-7070 |
OLYMPIA – Performance
audits, a ferry customer
survey, the Governor’s
climate challenge, and
election of new officers
for Washington State Transportation
Commission will be among
the topics of discussion
when the Commission meets
next week in Olympia.
The Commission’s
monthly meeting starts
at 9 a.m. on Wednesday,
May 23, at the Transportation
Building, Commission Board
Room, 310 Maple Park Avenue
SE, Olympia, and is open
to the public.
A representative of the
State Auditor’s Office
will update the Commission
on several performance
audits that are under way
for the Washington State
Department of Transportation
(WSDOT). Performance audit
reports are due out this
summer on Washington State
Ferries, WSDOT’s
administration and overhead,
and WSDOT’s project
inventory and management.
Another audit, highway
efficiency and effectiveness,
which looks at congestion
issues, was started earlier
this year, with a report
due in October.
Commissioners are starting
preliminary discussions
regarding a Washington
State Ferries (WSF) customer
survey, which they will
be conducting later this
year. The purpose of the
planned WSF user survey
is to, among other things,
better understand the opinions
and expectations of ferry
commuters, recreational
ferry users and ferry-dependent
communities.
The Commission will discuss
transportation impacts
on the environment as part
of the Governor’s
Climate Change Challenge to
reduce Washington’s
contribution to climate
pollution and our dependence
on foreign oil. Commissioner
Richard Ford is a member
of the Transportation Technical
Workgroup which is examining
a variety of transportation
issues related to climate
change and pollution including
vehicles, alternative fuels,
smart growth, transportation
system efficiency and non-road
options.
A new Commission Chair
and Vice-Chair will be
elected on Wednesday. The
terms of current officers,
Chairman Richard Ford,
and Vice-Chairwoman Elmira
Forner, will expire on
June 30. The new appointments
become effective on July
1.
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