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tomwald

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TxDOT Austin district engineer

TxDOT has a new Austin district engineer since Bob Daigh's departure:
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/n … daigh.html

Daigh leaves behind $5 billion of roads, few enemies: Austin district engineer leaving TxDOT after six-year blitz of building that included 77 miles of tollways and, finally, solid plans to finish that Ben White/I-35 interchange.
By Ben Wear
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Monday, April 06, 2009

Bob Daigh spent the past six years as Central Texas' roadbuilder in chief, a period of unprecedented highway construction and tollway trauma.
At age 54, with 22 years at the Texas Department of Transportation, Daigh is stepping down April 30 as district engineer for the 11-county Austin region.
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The new engineer has been announced:
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/ … stric.html

Lopez to be new Austin district engineer
By Ben Wear | Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 02:32 PM

Carlos Lopez, TxDOT's statewide director of traffic operations, will be the new district engineer for the 11-county Austin district. He replaces Bob Daigh, who retired at the end of April after six years.
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