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Federal Highway Administration Announces 12 Awards for Environmental Excellence


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Federal Highway Administration Announces 12 Awards for Environmental Excellence

Federal Highway Administration
22 April 2003


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, April 22, 2003
Contact: Bill Outlaw
Telephone: 202-366-0660
FHWA 11-03

Federal Highway Administrator Mary E. Peters today announced 12 winners of Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) 2003 Environmental Excellence Awards. The recipients, from California, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oregon, Vermont and Washington, were selected from among 134 nominations received from 38 states.

"These models of excellence inspire commitment to environmental stewardship," U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta said. "Each defined in new way how we in transportation are architects of the future - visionaries for what can be achieved by working together to promote methods, processes and projects that protect and enhance the environment."

Judges selected winners for 11 categories: Environmental Streamlining; Cultural and Historical Resources; Ecosystems, Habitat, and Wildlife; Scenic Byways; Wetlands and Water Quality; Roadside Resource Management and Maintenance; Non-motorized Transportation; Livable Communities; Recycling; and Environmental Research. They named a group and an individual winner in Environmental Leadership.

Since the program started in 1995, these biennial awards have recognized partners, projects and processes that use FHWA funding sources to go beyond environmental compliance and achieve environmental excellence.

"These award winners exemplify what it means to be good environmental stewards," Peters said. "They demonstrate how we can make needed transportation improvements while protecting and enhancing the environment."

Peters will present the awards today, Earth Day, during a ceremony at the U.S. Department of Transportation in Washington, DC.

The award recipients are:

The judges in the 2003 awards competition also gave honorable mention for environmental excellence to the Indian Creek Stormwater Treatment Facility in Washington. This project was a result of collaboration between the Squaxin Island Tribe, the Nisqually Tribe, the city of Olympia, the Olympia Arts Commission and the Washington State Department of Transportation. Their goal was to clean stormwater runoff from Interstate 5, but their project also integrated public art, native plant-centered landscaped areas and slope stabilization into stormwater treatment - all in an urban environment. Contact: Diana Olegre, telephone 360-705-7080 or email olegred@wsdot.wa.gov



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