Engineers and paving professionals will meet on Jan. 7, 2008, to discuss unconventional intersections, street redesign in Albuquerque, pavement problems and solutions, and rail transport issues. The 45th Annual Paving and Transportation Conference will explore the many technical issues involved with transportation in the southwest at the Marriott Pyramid North Hotel and Convention Center in Albuquerque.
The conference features a keynote speech by the Federal Highway Administration Director Butch Wlaschin titled “A Sense of Urgency: America’s Aging Infrastructure.” Other speakers include New Mexico Secretary of Transportation Rhonda Faught and Rio Rancho Zoning and Planning Commission Chairman Pat D’Arco.
Conference attendees can participate in technical sessions ranging from alternative funding strategies to concrete and asphalt pavement performance, design and evaluation. A vendor’s area in the hotel’s atrium will display a range of transportation related products and services.
Online registration forms and a detailed program are available at: http://www.unm.edu/~civil/. For more information, please contact Program Committee Chair, Jim Brogan at (505) 277-1314 or jbrogan@unm.edu