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Consultants See Half-Billion
Dollar Potential in Durham,
Orange Light-Rail Stations
▶ The jobs, aff ordable housing and other
community benefi ts Chapel Hill gains
from the Durham-Orange light-rail
project will depend on local decisions
made now, say town and GoTriangle
staff members.
Hitchings and GoTriangle planner
Patrick McDonough detailed one scenario
for one of Chapel Hill’s planned
stations — with buildings up to 15 stories
tall and a mix of business and recreation
uses — to the Chapel Hill Town
Council and the Orange County Board
of Commissioners on Wednesday night
. They gave a similar presentation to the
Durham and Orange county commissioners
in June.
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Decatur to Get $4.6 Million
for New City Buses
▶ The city of Decatur is set to receive
$4.6 million in federal funds to replace 18
of its public transit buses over the next
fi ve years, offi cials said Thursday.
The money comes from a competitive
grant program through the Federal
Transit Administration. U.S. Rep. Rodney
Davis, R-Taylorville, announced the
award in a statement. Bloomington was
also awarded $6 million through the program
to help pay for new battery electric
buses, bus shelters and benches, and a
new downtown transfer center.
Decatur Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe said
in a statement that the city council has
struggled to maintain its public transit
system during hard fi nancial times. The
federal grant, along with state Department
of Transportation money, will make
it possible to replace much of the aging
fl eet, she said.
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GoTriangle
BY PROVIDING
a congestion
free alternative,
light rail will
help manage
future growth
while creating
vibrant, walkable
communities
and connecting
residents to jobs,
education, and
healthcare.
(Rendering of the Durham &
Orange Light Rail)
People in the News
Kimberly Sewell Edward Naczek Natalie Cornell Julie D’Orazio Jason Mayfi eld
TriMet
TriMet’s Kimberly
Sewell has been
promoted to executive
director of the Labor
Relations & Human Resources
Division. Sewell
moves into the role from
TriMet’s Legal Services
Division and takes
over for the outgoing
executive director, Randy
Stedman, who will be
retiring. Sewell has been
with TriMet for 16 years.
She served as our director
of legal services for
the past seven years and,
prior to that, was TriMet’s
deputy general counsel.
In her roles in the Legal
Services Division, Sewell
has developed a keen
insight and understanding
of employment.
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WAGO
WAGO has hired
Edward (Ed) Naczek as
the product manager
for DIN Rail Mount
Terminal Blocks. From
the Greater Milwaukee
Area, Naczek obtained
his Bachelor of Science
in Business Administration
from Cardinal Stritch
University.
“I am looking forward
to being able to be in a
collaborative environment
with the product
managers and the sales
team,” Naczek said.
Naczek previously
worked for Storage
Battery Systems, LLC
from 2011-2018 as application
& product sales
engineer/marketing for
three years.
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LTK
Natalie Cornell, LTK’s
director of business
development, was
selected as the 2018
Outstanding Public
Transportation Business
Member by the
American Public Transportation
Association.
Cornell was honored at
an awards ceremony and
luncheon on September
25th in Nashville, Tennessee,
as part of APTA’s
Annual Meeting. Cornell
serves as co-chair of
APTA’s Procurement
Steering Committee,
chair of the Business
Member Procurement
Committee, and vice
chair of the Rolling Stock
Equipment Technical
Forum.
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WSP USA
Julie D’Orazio, senior
vice president and
national market leader
for transit and rail for
WSP USA, has been
elected to the board of
directors of the American
Public Transportation
Association as
a business member
at-large. D’Orazio is focused
on three key areas
that align with APTA’s
mission. These are safety
and security, innovative
mobility solutions and
service network optimization
and effi ciency.
D’Orazio is a registered
professional engineer in
New York and currently
serves on the board of
directors of WTS New
York.
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WSP USA
Jason Mayfield has
been named to a lead
architect position
working on transportation
facilities in the
St. Louis office of WSP
USA. In his new position,
Mayfi eld will be responsible
for working on
numerous projects with
WSP’s transportation
facilities group, including
the Texas Bullet Train,
where WSP is providing
engineering support for
the high-speed rail line
between Houston and
Dallas. He was previously
with the fi rm from 2000-
2004 as a project architect
and most recently
with Ross & Baruzzini as
senior architect.
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