Honorable Mention
Nonmotorized Transportation
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Iowa Department of
Transportation
Working with state agencies,
metropolitan planning organizations, regional planning affiliations, and the general public,
the Iowa Department of Transportation developed a map to help bicyclists select the road
routes in Iowa that best match their transportation needs and level of riding experience.
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Scenic Byways

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Debra Brisk, Chris Cooper,
and Larry Doescher, Arizona Department of Transportation;
Joyce Cook, Bureau of Land Management - Kingman;
Scott Jones and Mark Frickie, Ames Construction Co.;
Bob Winrow, Parsons Brinckerhoff
The Arizona Department of
Transportation Kingman District completed highway widening and safety improvements
on the Joshua Forest Parkway (U.S. 93) while maintaining the natural beauty and
environmental integrity of this designated scenic byway.
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Wetlands, Water Quality, and Ecosystems
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Terrence Rice, P.E.,
Monroe County Department of Transportation;
Harry Mangini, P.E., Lu Engineers; Nori Sabuncu, Nory Construction
As part of the widening and
reconstruction of Brighton-Henrietta Town Line Road in Monroe County, New York,
multi-agency teams cooperated with local residents to design and create two retention ponds
with innovative outfall structures to improve water quality, enhance a degraded wetland,
and minimize the impacts of stormwater runoff on a nearby stream system.
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Wetlands, Water Quality, and Ecosystems

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Texas Department of
Transportation
The Texas Department of
Transportation, in cooperation with a Mitigation Banking Review Team composed of
State and regulatory agencies, has developed a pre-approved wetland mitigation
banking program as a cost-effective and environmentally beneficial alternative to
traditional transportation project mitigation.
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Wetlands, Water Quality, and Ecosystems
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Joseph G. Sweger,
Paula Scelsi, New Jersey Department of Transportation;
Patricia Hamilton, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection;
James Gracie, Brightwater, Inc;
Wendell Ozefovich, Trout Unlimited - Central Jersey Chapter
During construction of safety
improvements on a portion of Route 206 in Morris County, the New Jersey Department
of Transportation worked with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection,
a private contractor, and volunteers to relocate a 200-foot stretch of Flanders Brook
without permanently impairing the habitat quality and overall integrity of this highly
sensitive trout stream.
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