Region II Report

Mark Morvant - Louisiana J.Michelle Owens – Alabama New Members

Accomplishments Region II Elected and Installed David Jared (GDOT) as the Vice Chair Region II had very successful Peer Exchanges in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia Research Manuals have been produced in West Virginia, Mississippi and Georgia

Accomplishments State of Your “State Research Program”  All attending states reported their research programs are stable and have made positive improvements  Most improvements were made in the project development process  States reported on highly successful research projects in the areas of materials, policy and etc.  All region states have representation here at the 2011 Summer TRB/RAC Meeting, with the exception two

Accomplishments/Goals/Activities Southeastern Transportation Consortium (STC) Pooled Fund Activities - LTRC  Website is up and can be found with Google search  Created a link to database of participating states research projects  Pooled Fund extended for another 3 years  Annual meeting will be in October 2011 to focus on RFQ’s for regional synthesis studies  Pooled Fund Project developed by STC on high RAP content to be posted soon and need participation

Goals and Activities Region II is Excited to Host the 2013 Summer TRB/RAC Meeting  Possible locations include Savannah, Ga and Baton Rouge, La

Region’s Retirements/Appointments Gary Allen and Mike Perfater retired from the State of Virginia’s Technology and Innovation Research Center and Jose Gomez was appointed as the new director Elisha Kehner appointed as Research Engineer for the AHTD