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FoRRRwD on All Public Roads: Innovative Mechanisms to Deliver Safety Projects

You are invited to a free FHWA EDC-5 webinar on May 12, 2020 from 1:00-3:00 pm ET/10:00am-12:00 pm PT. Please see the attached flyer for more information and share this announcement to anyone else who may be interested.

Title: FoRRRwD on All Public Roads: Innovative Mechanisms to Deliver Safety Projects

Target Audience: State, local, and tribal agencies – come learn unique approaches and methods that you can use to efficiently deliver safety countermeasures and projects to reduce rural roadway departure crashes.

Presenters:

  • Steve Landry, Maine DOT, will discuss Maine DOT’s use of safety supply (Curve Warning Signs, RRFBs, Speed Feedback Signs) procurement projects where state procurement procedures are used, and local public agencies or State forces perform installation at their cost.
  • Mark Thomas, Mississippi DOT (MDOT), will discuss how agencies in Mississippi have used agency force account to deliver roadway departure countermeasures, and a program where MDOT provides warning and advisory signage to local governments to install.
  • Patricia Burke, Montana DOT (MDT), will discuss MDT’s use of Job Order Contracting to streamline the delivery of safety projects.

Registration: Participants must register in advance at https://collaboration.fhwa.dot.gov/dot/fhwa/WC/Lists/Seminars/DispForm.aspx?ID=2260          

Space is limited. Please register as soon as possible.

Please Note: Non-USDOT employees who have never participated in an FHWA webinar must create an account at https://collaboration.fhwa.dot.gov/FBA/MembershipRequest.aspx in order to register for this webinar.

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