Program: Environment – 2017 Transportation Short Course

Sessions: Previous Session – Design | Next Session – Maintenance and Pavement Management

Tuesday, October 10
1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Room: Rudder Forum

Program and Session Co-Chairs: Bryan Ellis, Environmental Affairs Division, TxDOT
Joe Zietsman, P.E., Ph.D., TTI

	Moderator: Carlos Swonke, Environmental Affairs Division, TxDOT
1:30 − 2:00 p.m.	Environmental Reviews Tested in Court — Update on SH 45/MoPac Lawsuit Doug Booher, Environmental Affairs Division, TxDOT (Booher presentation video)
2:00 − 2:30 p.m.	I-35 Capital/Alamo Connections Study — Planning in Five Dimensions Michael Sexton, P.E., AICP, Jacobs Engineering (Sexton presentation slides, 2.9MB \| Sexton presentation video)
2:30 − 3:00 p.m.	Heritage Archeology and Innovative Outreach in Downtown Houston Jason Barrett, Ph.D., Environmental Affairs Division, TxDOT (Barrett presentation slides, 14.9MB \| Barrett presentation video)
3:00 – 3:30 p.m.	BREAK
	Moderator: Carlos Swonke, Environmental Affairs Division, TxDOT
3:30 − 4:00 p.m.	Wetland and Stream Mitigation Assessment Kate Zielke, North Central Texas Council of Governments (Zielke presentation slides, 6.5MB \| Zielke presentation video)
4:00 – 4:30 p.m.	Environmental Considerations When Acquiring ROW Early Patrick Lee, Environmental Affairs Division, TxDOT (Lee presentation slides, 330KB \| Lee presentation video)
4:30 – 5:00 p.m.	NEPA Assignment Update Carlos Swonke, Environmental Affairs Division, TxDOT (Swonke presentation video)