Hurricane Helene caused widespread disruption across Western North Carolina, presenting significant infrastructure, transportation, and emergency response systems challenges. This panel will explore the storm's multifaceted impacts, focusing on the role of various sectors in the immediate response and ongoing recovery efforts.
Presenters will also discuss the hurricane's effects on state and local transportation networks, detail the recovery process and NCDOT's response, highlight the storm's operational and logistical challenges, and offer a perspective from the consulting industry, focusing on how industry professionals collaborated with NCDOT and other agencies to mitigate the storm's impacts and assist in recovery efforts.
Speakers:
•Ìý ÌýÌýMcCray Coates – GFT
•Ìý ÌýÌýMike Evans - Rail Program Manager, GFT
• Ìý ÌýS. Kelly Marshall, PE, CCM - Gannett Fleming TranSystems
• Ìý ÌýTim Anderson, PE - NCDOT
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Continuing Education:
CMCI Recertification Points: 1
Professional Development Hours (PDH): 1