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7 A newsletter
from TxDOT's
Environmental Affairs
Division
Volume 3, Issue 3 Winter 1997 8 Pages
ENV's Eddie Sutherland retiresBy RICHARD GOLDSMITH
Environmental Affairs Division
After 24 years with TxDOT, Eddie
Sutherland still remembers the first time
he heard a district engineer say "We're not
going to cut down that tree."
It was in the early '80s and the tree was
in the path of widening State Highway 71
east of Smithville.
"I really felt good about that. It seems
like a small thing now," Sutherland said.
"There was a particular interest in that
tree. It was the public's voice that did it."
Sutherland is the director of ENV's
Natural Resources Management Section.
Or rather, he was head of that section until
he left at the end of December at the age
of only 52. "I decided that while I'm
young enough I'd like to make a change
and try something different. I'm just ready
for a new challenge." For a time that
change will probably mean a job in theprivate sector.
Later he wants to
take the time to
develop his
hobbies of
painting and
photography,
especially of
wildlife, because
he says, "I'm
interested in
adventure."
"I've been
very fortunate to
have had someone
with suchEddie
Sutherlandknowledge and dedication working with
me these past years. The department is
losing a valuable asset," ENV Director
Dianna Noble said.
Deputy Division Director Ken
Bohuslav said, "In addition to being agood-natured person and great to work
with, Eddie is very dependable and
reliable. You could always rely on him to
do the right thing. His professionalism and
dedication to the department is something
to be emulated by younger staff
members."
Sutherland first worked for TxDOT as
a maintenance hand for three summers in
Uvalde, where he grew up. That was while
he attended Southwest Texas Junior
College.
He joined the Navy to avoid getting
drafted as a foot soldier and, ironically,
wound up as just that, a foot soldier. He
wanted the Navy to train him to be an
illustrator/draftsman. Instead, the Navy
made him a hospital corpsman attached to
a Marine reconnaissance battalion. He
arrived in DaNang, Vietnam, in 1968 at
(See SUTHERLAND, Page 6)Doniphan
By JIM DOBBINS
Environmental Affairs Div.
A project to improve El
Paso's Doniphan Drive is
testing the ingenuity of
contractors and TxDOT staff
with a range of obstacles well
beyond those usually
encountered in similar efforts.
Doniphan Drive is on El
Paso's west side, near the New
Mexico state line. A small
stretch actually is in New
Mexico. Improvements were
needed to this narrow, rutted,
two lane, 3.7-mile
thoroughfare, which runs
through both residential and
industrialized areas that are
prone to flooding. Plans for
improvement included
widening the lanes, adding a
continuous left turn lane,
curbs, gutters and storm sewerDr. project requires
drainage.
This project was divided
into three construction phases.
Phase I (construction began in
April 1994) is complete, Phase
II is nearing completion and
Phase III is tentatively
scheduled for contract biddingin May 1998.
The improvements to
Doniphan Drive were first
conceived in the late 1980s,
under the Principal Arterial
Street System (PASS)
program. This program gave
way to the Intermodal SurfaceA 10
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El Paso District Photo
Dewatering to lower water table for storm sewer installationingenuity
Transportation Efficiency Act
(ISTEA),which funded the
project.
A series of hurdles appeared
from the outset of the project.
Judy Ramsey, the El Paso
District's environmental
coordinator, begins the tale.
"About 1,000 feet of
Doniphan Drive lies in New
Mexico. This aspect of Phase I
required coordination with the
New Mexico Highway and
Transportation Department.
TxDOT had to get legislation
approved to allow us to
coordinate with an out-of-state
government agency. New
Mexico paid for their stretch of
road improvements, but since
they did not own all of the
right of way, this slowed down
(See EL PASO, Page 2)
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